Miscellaneous Federal Register Documents | TTB: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

Miscellaneous documents and general notices published in the Federal Register by TTB are listed below.

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Issued in 2025

Notice No. 236, Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment—Alcohol Beverage Labeling Act. This notice informs the public that the maximum penalty for violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act (ABLA) is being adjusted in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended. In general, the ABLA requires a government health warning statement to appear on all containers of alcohol beverages sold or distributed in the United States or to its armed forces, including those stationed overseas. Effective January 16, 2025, any person who violates the provisions of the ABLA is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $26,225, with each day constituting a separate offense. You also may view Notice No. 236 within Regulations.gov docket number TTB-2025-0001.

Issued in 2024

Notice No. 232, Labeling and Advertising of Wine, Distilled Spirits, and Malt Beverages with Alcohol Content, Nutritional Information, Major Food Allergens, and Ingredients. In this notice, TTB announces two virtual listening sessions, and a written comment period, 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. The Department of the Treasury’s February 2022 report on “Competition in the Markets for Beer, Wine, and Spirits” recommended that TTB revive or initiate rulemaking in these areas. These listening sessions and comment period 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.

Listening Sessions: The listening sessions will be held February 28, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST; and February 29, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. The notice and the Listening Sessions webpage include deadlines and instructions for registering to attend, or speak at, one of the virtual listening sessions, as well as a list of questions on which TTB is seeking public input.

Submitting Comments: All documents and comments related to this notice will be posted on the Regulations.gov website within docket TTB–2024–0002. To electronically submit written comments on the issues and questions described in notice, please use the Regulations.gov comment form for Notice No. 232. You may also submit comments via postal mail as instructed in the notice. All comments must reference Docket No. TTB–2024–0002 and be submitted or postmarked by 11:59 p.m. EST, March 29, 2024.

Notice No. 231, Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment—Alcohol Beverage Labeling Act. This notice informs the public that the maximum penalty for violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act (ABLA) is being adjusted in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended. In general, the ABLA requires a government health warning statement to appear on all containers of alcohol beverages sold or distributed in the United States or to its armed forces, including those stationed overseas. Effective January 18, 2024, any person who violates the provisions of the ABLA is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,561, with each day constituting a separate offense. You also may view Notice No. 231 within Regulations.gov docket number TTB-2024-0001.

Issued in 2023

01/13/2023 – Notice No. 220, Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment—Alcohol Beverage Labeling Act informs the public that the maximum penalty for violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act (ABLA) is being adjusted in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended. The ABLA requires a health warning statement to appear on all containers of alcohol beverages sold or distributed in the United States or to its armed forces, including those stationed overseas. Effective January 14, 2023, any person who violates the provisions of the ABLA is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $24,759, with each day constituting a separate offense. You also may view Notice No. 220 within Regulations.gov docket number TTB-2023-0001.

Issued in 2022

Revised System of Records Notice (SORN) of October 11, 2022. As explained in this notice, TTB proposes to modify its current system of records, titled “Department of the Treasury, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) .001--Regulatory Enforcement System of Records.” While there are no significant changes to this system of records, TTB is modifying the system to reflect additional statutory authority and to incorporate new categories of information, specifically information collected from foreign alcohol producers who register with TTB and assign certain excise tax benefits to U.S. importers and the importers electing to receive those benefits. To view the SORN and any comments received on it, see Docket No. TTB-2022–0010 at Regulations.gov. To comment on the SORN, use the related Regulations.gov comment form. To comment by postal mail, see the instructions in the SORN. Comments on the revised SORN are due to TTB by November 10, 2022. [Also see the Correction to the SORN.]

02/17/2022 – Notice No. 208, Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment—Alcohol Beverage Labeling Act informs the public that the maximum penalty for violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act (ABLA) is being adjusted in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended. The ABLA requires a health warning statement to appear on all containers of alcohol beverages sold or distributed in the United States or to its armed forces, including those stationed overseas. Prior to the publication of this notice, any person who violated the provisions of the ABLA was subject to a civil penalty of not more than $21,663, with each day constituting a separate offense. Notice No. 208 announces, as required by 27 CFR 16.33(b), that TTB is increasing that maximum penalty to $22,979, effective February 17, 2022. You also may view Notice No. 208 within Regulations.gov docket number TTB–2022–0001.