Bureaucratic Relief: New “Traditional” Ingredients & Processes Don’t Require Formula

[Brew Law]

There is good news for brewers who are tired of waiting for formula approvals from TTB (currently 74 days, according to TTB): you may not need it. On June 5, 2014, TTB issued a fairly significant ruling, Ingredients and Processes Used in the Production of Beer Not Subject to Formula Requirements. The ruling clearly spells out which Exempt Ingredients and Processes are now deemed “traditional” and, therefore, do not require a TTB formula approval.

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Dan Christopherson, Beer Lawyer
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[ChrisEllis]

Thank you for posting this.

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[GlacierBrewing]

dcbrewlaw you freakin' rock! Thank you for bringing this to the probrewing world's attention. This will give brewers more flexibility and creativity for those specialty brews!

Prost!
Dave

[sjcarter]

that's pretty significant. Thanks for the info!

[LuckyTownChip]

This is great news. Thanks for sharing.

[Bainbridge]

Note also that the TTB has an RSS feed, and you can sign up for various email updates: http://www.ttb.gov/industry_circulars/index.shtml

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