TTB Increases Penalty for Violations of Alcoholic Beverage Health Warning Label Requirements

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is increasing the maximum civil penalty for failure to include health warning labels on domestic and imported alcoholic beverage containers from $11,000 to $19,787 per day, in a final rule (here). The one-time catch-up is required by the Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, signed into law in November, and will be followed by annual adjustments for inflation. The increase takes effect July 1.