Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

• Beer Industry - General information including how to get started, labeling, importing/exporting, formula approval, laws and regulations, and other topics.
  • Beer Labeling - Information on statutory and compliance provisions to ensure that beer products are created, labeled, and marketed properly.
• Wine Industry - General information including how to get started, labeling, importing/exporting, formula approval, laws and regulations, and other topics.

General Information Regarding the Food Safety Modernization Act

• Biennial Food Facility Registration Renewal (FDA) 
  • Registration of Food Facilities (FDA) 
• Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule: Code of Federal Regulations Ch. 21 Title 117 (ecfr.gov) (PDF 329 KB) 
• Food Safety Modernization Act (separate page on this website)
• Retail Exemption (FDA) (PDF 1.6 MB)

• 2021 Webinar - Distilling FSMA Alcohol Beverages and the FDA (Charles M. Breen & John D. Messenger, EAS Consulting; YouTube video 55:25 min)

Produce Safety Rule

• Enforcement Discretion for Produce Safety Rule (Hops and Wine Grapes) March 27, 2019 (FDA) (link to download PDF 78 KB)
• Enforcement Discretion for Customer Provisions (FDA) (PDF 85 KB)
• Ensuring Food Safety: Wine Grapes (North Central Region Center for FSMA Training, Extension, and Technical Assistance) (PDF 1.7 MB)
• Ensuring Food Safety: Table Grapes (NCRFSMA) (PDF 2.6 MB)
• Food Safety Practices (Hop Growers of America - USAHops)

Breweries and Preventive Controls Rule

• Breweries and FSMA (Master Brewers Association of the Americas) (PDF 280 KB)

Wineries and Preventive Controls Rule

• Ensuring Food Safety: Wineries (NCRFSMA) (PDF 987 KB)
• The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and Your Winery (Penn State Extension) Free recorded webinar