December 30, 2011
Greetings! We hope you are having a happy and joyful season and that your 2012 will be the best year yet! This edition includes information about proposed revisions to our label approval form.
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REVISIONS TO TTB LABEL APPROVAL FORM
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we invite comments on proposed changes to TTB Form 5100.31, Application for and Certification/Exemption of Label/Bottle Approval, (Certificate of Label Approval, or COLA). We are revising the COLA form in part to accommodate our ongoing efforts to streamline the COLA application and review process.
We proposed minor changes to the application portion of the form, including elimination of the requirement to show wording appearing on caps and seals and other materials firmly affixed to the container. We also made minor changes to the second and third pages of the form, including changes to the instructions for completing the form and the conditions of approval. Finally, we included additional circumstances under which approved labels may be modified without submission of a new COLA.
See our recent Federal Register notice to learn how to comment on the proposed revisions.