TTB Reopens Comment Period on Labeling Standards for Wines Exempt From Labeling Approval

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is reopening the period for comments on its proposal to amend its labeling and record-keeping regulations to tighten requirements for certain grape wines exempt from labeling approval, it said in a notice. Under the agency’s June 22 proposed rule (see 1606220010), grape wines with an alcohol content higher than 7 percent but exempt from labeling approval would still have to comply with TTB standards for labeling of varietal (grape type) designations, type designations of varietal significance, vintage dates and appellations of origin. The agency already reopened the comment period once before (see 1609070025). Comments are now due Jan. 9, 2018.