Procedures for Ontario Packaged Beer & Out-Of-Province and Imported Beer

Procedures for OntarioPackaged Beer Sold in LCBO Combination Stores, and Out-Of-Province and Imported Beer Sold in The Beer Store (TBS) Exclusively or in TBS and LCBO Combination Stores.

This section applies to Ontario packaged beer sold in LCBO Combination stores and both Out-of-Province and Imported Beer sold in TBS exclusively or in TBS and LCBO Combination stores. For Suppliers wishing to have their beer made available for sale in LCBO stores in addition to LCBO combination stores, please refer to the Selling for Resale in LCBO Stores section.

Procedures for Listing Packaged Beer

Beers that are to be sold in The Beer Store (TBS) must be listed separately with TBS. Applications for this listing should be made to TBS directly.

To process submissions through the LCBO, a completed Ontario Technical Approvals (OTA) form (LCB 2090) must be received and approved.

The following chart, which is also found within the OTA document, is a helpful reference guide to the requirements:

For products where an OTA and annual testing is not required, manufacturers are nonetheless encouraged to utilize LCBO Quality Assurance services for testing to help ensure the quality and safety of all of their Products.