The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is announcing virtual listening sessions to receive input from the public on labeling of wine, distilled spirits, and malt beverages to disclose per-serving alcohol and nutritional information, major food allergens, and/or ingredients. These listening sessions are intended to engage the public, including consumers, public health stakeholders, and industry members of all sizes, and facilitate the public’s ability to provide input to inform rulemaking.
Public Listening Session 1
Date: February 28, 2024
Start Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST
Public Listening Session 2
Date: February 29, 2024
Start Time: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
There is no fee to participate and registration may be performed until 12:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on February 27, 2024.
Speaking during a Listening Session
Once registered, you may indicate whether you wish to speak and during which session. Requests to speak must be submitted by 12:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on February 26, 2024. We will attempt to accommodate each speaker's session preference; however, if we are unable to do so, we will make the determination on a first-come, first-served basis, based on the time and date of the registration request.
If all registered speakers have had an opportunity to speak, the session may conclude early.
General Information
TTB will notify speakers of the order in which they are scheduled to speak and provide information on how to log in to the session as a speaker. An individual may speak during only one of the sessions (ie., either on February 28, 2024, or on February 29, 2024, but not on both).
TTB reserves the right to reject the registration of an entity, individual, or individual affiliated with an entity that is already scheduled to present comments, to ensure that a broad range of entities and individuals can present.
We will webcast each listening session and limit each participant's comments to 5 minutes. As soon as transcripts of the listening sessions are available, they will be placed in Docket No. TTB–2024–0002 and will be accessible at https://www.regulations.gov.
No presentation or commercial or promotional material will be permitted to be displayed during the listening sessions.
As the intent of the public listening sessions is to allow the public to provide input to TTB on aspects of potential approaches to labeling of wine, distilled spirits, and malt beverages with alcohol content, nutritional information, major food allergens, and/or ingredients, the sessions have been designed to facilitate one-way communications. Outside of introductory and logistical remarks, TTB will not be providing substantive information on the topic or responding to comments during the public listening sessions. Attendance at the listening sessions will be capped depending on webinar capacity limitations.
Reasonable Accommodation Requests
Live closed captioning will be available during the listening sessions. TTB is committed to ensuring all participants have equal access to the session regardless of disability status. If you require reasonable accommodation due to a disability to fully participate, please contact TTB at Outreach@ttb.gov or 202–508–0271 as soon as possible but no later than 5 days in advance of the session you wish to attend.