TTB Newsletter

In the TTB Newsletter, we compile the top TTB news of the week and other helpful information about the Bureau and the Federal alcohol and tobacco laws and regulations we enforce.

Please send any questions and/or comments to Executive Liaison for Industry Matters (industryliaison@ttb.gov) and/or State Liaison (stateliaison@ttb.gov).

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YOUR OPINION COUNTS

We currently have close to 11,000 subscribers to this newsletter and we would love to hear from you with your ideas and suggestions for topics to appear in upcoming editions. Or if you have other tips for us about any aspect of the TTB Newsletter please pass them along. We welcome your feedback! stateliaison@ttb.gov and industryliaison@ttb.gov.

TTB SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH ISTITUTO AGRARIO DI SAN MICHELE ALL'ADIGE

On July 9, 2010, we established a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Italy's Istituto Agrario di San Michele all'Adige (IASMA), which conducts agricultural research, including research on wine and viticulture, at its laboratories in the Trentino region of Italy. TTB and IASMA intend to develop a partnership to cooperate on areas of mutual interest, develop professional interactions between staff members, and establish a dialogue on science and technology in the fields of enology, viticulture, analytical chemistry, and plant chemistry. The collaboration under the MOU should enhance TTB's development of methodologies to characterize wine and grape varietals and to detect pesticide residues in wine.

LIST OF PERMITTEES

We are required to make available to the public records that are requested and released on a frequent basis. We have provided links to listings of alcohol industry members who hold permits under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act. These permits allow production, bottling, importation or distribution of beverage alcohol products. Internal Revenue Code (IRC) rules that protect taxpayer records from disclosure prevent the publication of lists for brewers, industrial alcohol producers and users, as well as all tobacco permit holders. Protected information concerning these types of businesses is not available to the public.

If you have any questions, please contact Helen Belt, Disclosure Services, at (202) 453-2063 or TTBFOIA@ttb.gov.