What: On April 7, 2025, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published notices to extend the comment periods for two proposed rules previously published on January 17, 2025. One of the proposed rules requires the disclosure of per-serving alcohol, calorie, and nutrient content information in an “Alcohol Facts” statement on all alcohol beverage labels. The other proposed rule requires a labeling disclosure of all major food allergens used in the production of alcoholic beverages.
The labeling requirements in both proposed rules are subject to TTB’s regulatory authority under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAA Act).
In addition to requiring per-serving alcohol, calorie, and nutrient content information, TTB proposes mandatory alcohol content statements for certain types of beer and wine that are not currently required to be labeled with an alcohol content statement.
TTB also proposes labeling disclosures of all major food allergens used in the production of alcoholic beverages, including milk, eggs, fish, crustaceans’ shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans, and sesame, as well as ingredients that contain protein derived from the aforementioned foods.
Both proposals included a compliance date of 5 years from the date that a final rule resulting from the proposal is published in the Federal Register.
Why: TTB received joint requests from nine alcohol industry trade associations and their small business members requesting more time to comment. The comment period extension will give potentially impacted businesses more time to better understand the proposals and the new administration’s priorities and provide useful feedback that will benefit TTB’s rulemaking process.
Action: The comment period is now extended until August 15, 2025, for both proposed rules published on January 17, 2025.
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE(S):
Alcohol Facts Statements in the Labeling of Wines, Distilled Spirits, and Malt Beverages
Major Food Allergen Labeling for Wines, Distilled Spirits, and Malt Beverages
CONTACT(S):
Will Purcell, will.purcell@sba.gov
Tanner Long, tanner.long@sba.gov
TOPIC(S):
TTB
Is your small business or entity being impacted by a proposed rule? If yes, write a comment letter to the proposing agency.