The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has accepted an $850,000 compromise from RN Acquisition (dba Lakeshore Beverage) and City Beverage – Markham of Chicago and Arlington Heights,… Read More

In order to avoid having your label applications returned for correction because you need formula approval or laboratory sample analysis first, you need to know the answer to the question,… Read More

In case you missed it, the Craft Beverage Modernization Act (CBMA) provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are now permanent, via the recent COVID stimulus bill.… Read More

I love me that weekly TTB Newsletter. Always uplifting. In last Friday’s episode, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau reminded alcohol makers: Booze is not healthy. Sadly, it’s… Read More

A proposed rule was published in the Federal Register this month by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), seeking to amend the USDA’s “organic” regulations to strengthen oversight and enforcement of… Read More

States are easing restrictions on booze regs across the country. The federal government is getting involved too. Here’s a good example: The issued Industry Circular 2020–3 on May 8, 2020,… Read More

Due to COVID-19 business disruptions craft breweries are facing, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Burearu (TTB) is waiving the requirement that brewers submit a Notice of Intent to… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing some rapid fire revisions and rollbacks of regulations to try and help small businesses (it makes you question how necessary all of these freaking rules… Read More

Local officials and event organizers have begun announcing cancellations of widely-attended events, such as parades, festivals, fairs, concerts, and sporting events based on concerns about COVID-19. These announcements may be… Read More

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) conducts a program as a service to the alcohol beverage industry to facilitate the export of domestic alcohol beverage products called… Read More