# intoxicating liquors - products not categorized as taxable alcoholic beverages — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For intoxicating liquors - products not categorized as taxable alcoholic beverages, carrier is USPS; restriction type is allowed; scope is domestic mail; conditions is Product must comply with IRS and FDA regulations, not be classified as a taxable alcoholic beverage, not be poisonous, and not be flammable; examples include cold remedies, cooking wine, and mouthwash, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** intoxicating liquors - products not categorized as taxable alcoholic beverages _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** allowed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Product must comply with IRS and FDA regulations, not be classified as a taxable alcoholic beverage, not be poisonous, and not be flammable; examples include cold remedies, cooking wine, and mouthwash _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Examples of these mailable products include cold remedies, cooking wine, and mouthwash.

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_006.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).