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Addition of New Standards of Fill for Wine and Distilled Spirits; Amendment of Distilled Spirits and Malt Beverage Net Contents Labeling Regulations

tobacco-ttb · TTB · Rule · Published 2020-12-29 · Effective 2020-12-29 · 85 FR 85514

Document

Document number
2020-28747
Federal Register citation
85 FR 85514
CFR reference
27 CFR 4
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; Treasury decision.
Category
tobacco-ttb
Sub-agency
TTB
Publication date
2020-12-29
Effective date
2020-12-29
Treasury docket
Docket Nos. TTB-2019-0004 and TTB-2019-0005

Abstract

This final rule amends the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) regulations that govern wine and distilled spirits containers to add seven new standards of fill for wine and distilled spirits. Although TTB had originally proposed to generally eliminate the standards of fill for wine and distilled spirits, TTB is not adopting that proposal at this time. The amendments described in this final rule will provide bottlers with flexibility by allowing the use of the added container sizes, and will facilitate the movement of goods in domestic and international commerce, while also providing consumers broader purchasing options. TTB is also amending the labeling regulations for distilled spirits and malt beverages to reflect current policy by specifically stating in the regulations that distilled spirits may be labeled with the equivalent standard United States (U.S.) measure in addition to the mandatory metric measure, and that malt beverages may be labeled with the equivalent metric measure in addition to the mandatory U.S. measure.

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