Sec. 609c.
(1) A manufacturer that sells direct to a retailer as provided under section 203a or a wholesaler may refund to a retailer the amount the retailer paid for beer or wine, as applicable, or a manufacturer that sells direct to a retailer as provided under section 203a or a wholesaler may replace that beer or wine for any of the following reasons:
(a) The beer or wine is outdated.
(b) The beer or wine is defective.
(c) An error in the beer or wine delivered.
(d) The beer or wine may no longer be lawfully sold.
(e) The termination of the retailer's business.
(f) The formula, proof, label, or container of the beer or wine is changed.
(g) The beer or wine is discontinued.
(h) The retailer is only open a portion of the year and the beer or wine is likely to spoil during the off-season.
(2) If beer is within 30 days of its out-of-date code, a manufacturer that sells direct to a retailer as provided under section 203a or a wholesaler may refund to a retailer the amount the retailer paid for the beer.
(3) A manufacturer that sells direct to a retailer as provided under section 203a or a wholesaler may only issue a refund or replacement under this section for beer or wine that the manufacturer or wholesaler sold to the retailer.
(4) Beginning March 1, 2020, a manufacturer may refund to a wholesaler up to the amount the wholesaler paid for beer or wine, as applicable, or a manufacturer may replace that beer or wine for either of the following reasons:
(a) The wholesaler purchased the beer or wine from the manufacturer and the wholesaler refunded to the retailer the amount the retailer paid for that beer or wine or replaced that beer or wine under subsection (1) or (2).
(b) The beer or wine that the wholesaler purchased from the manufacturer has gone out of date while in possession of the wholesaler.
History: Add. 2017, Act 130, Eff. Jan. 15, 2018 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 108, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2020 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 126, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2020