Week of November 16, 2007
Greetings! Hope you have had a stupendous and rewarding week! This week's offerings include nonbeverage products lab training and TTB requirements for home distilled spirits stills.
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 Susan Stewart Evans, Executive Liaison for Industry Matters (susan.stewart-evans@ttb.gov) and/or Frosty Chapman, State Liaison (forrest.chapman@ttb.gov). |
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NONBEVERAGE PRODUCTS LAB TRAINING
Do you want to learn more about the impending regulation change for nonbeverage formula submission?
Have you been struggling with how to determine fitness for beverage purposes?
Join members of the TTB Nonbeverage Products Laboratory for a training and information session at the Society of Flavor Chemists' Meeting on November 29, 2007, at the Holiday Inn at Newark Airport.
To register for this meeting, go to http://www.flavorchemist.org/calendar.asp#Nov2007.
CAN I PRODUCE DISTILLED SPIRITS FOR MY PERSONAL OR FAMILY USE WITHOUT PAYING FEDERAL EXCISE TAX AND FILING FEDERAL PAPERWORK?
You cannot produce spirits for beverage purposes without paying taxes and without prior approval of paperwork to operate a distilled spirits plant. (See 26 U.S.C. 5601 & 5602 for some of the criminal penalties.) There are numerous requirements that must be met that make it impractical to produce spirits for personal or beverage use. Some of these requirements are paying excise tax, filing an extensive application, filing a bond, providing adequate equipment to measure spirits, providing suitable tanks and pipelines, providing a separate building (other than a dwelling) and maintaining detailed records, and filing reports. All of these requirements are listed in 27 CFR part 19.
Spirits may be produced for nonbeverage purposes for fuel use only without payment of tax, but you also must file an application, receive TTB's approval, and follow requirements, such as construction, use, records, and reports.