FDA Issues Final Rule On Meaning and Use of “Gluten-Free” Claims – Some Fermented Beverages Will Get Clarification Later
The FDA’s recent publication of a final rule defining “gluten-free” for voluntary food labeling...
Category: Beer
Indiana Won’t Let You Buy Cold Beer In Grocery Stores… But A Challenge To That Law Could Be Decided As Soon As Early 2014
Just a quick update and some new information on the battle by grocery stores...
Make Sure Your Labels Follow These New Guidelines From the TTB for “Serving Facts” Statements
In 2007, the TTB issued Notice No. 73, a proposed rule entitled “Labeling and...
Cerveza Fria? Zimne Piwo? Grocery Stores challenge Indiana’s restrictions on selling cold beer.
Indiana has a law limiting the sale of cold beer. Under Indiana Code 7.1-5-10-11,...
Magic Hat v. West Sixth – A Lesson in Using Social Media to Supplant the Law?
The team over at Beerpulse is doing a great job covering the dispute that’s...
TTB Circular 2013-1 applies winery, distilled spirit, and malt beverage advertising rules to every form of social media
The U.S. Tax and Trade Bureau released TTB Circular 2013-1, on May 13, 2013. ...
New TTB Ruling: Brewers Don’t Need Certificate of Label Approval for Beer Sold or Shipped in the State Where It Was Bottled
Some fun news during CBC. The first Malt Beverages Ruling of 2013, TTB Ruling...
Whisky Dispute Poses an Interesting Question About Comparative Advertising Limits
Just how far can you go in a commercial pitting your product against a...
TTB Updates Website And Offers Clarity for Ingredients and Processes Exempt from Formula Requirements under 27 CFR part 25
In a welcome move to further clarify some of the processes and ingredients that...
Challenge to The 3-Tier System Inevitable as Illinois Legislature Introduces Bill to Revoke Anheuser’s Stake in City Beverage
Illinois could soon find itself again at the center of the ongoing national debate...
Rick Bayless Collaborating on a Beer with Crown Imports
Crain’s Chicago is running this story on Rick Bayless eyeing a collaboration with Crown...
Could Beverage Manufacturers End Up Having to Create and Manufacture Separate Containers for Michigan?
Michigan has a law affecting larger beverage manufacturers (including alcohol manufacturers) that is the...
