TTB Considering Elimination of Most Fill Standards for Wine, Distilled Spirits
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is proposing changes to authorized fill standards for wine and distilled spirits containers, it said May 25. The agency is considering two alternatives, one being the addition of 10 additional fill standards…
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for wine. The other would be the elimination of “all but a minimum standard of fill for wine containers and all but a minimum and maximum for distilled spirits containers, thus potentially eliminating unnecessary regulatory requirements, reducing barriers to competition, and providing consumers broader purchasing options,” TTB said. Comments are due July 25.