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Labeling No Alcohol and Alcohol-Removed Wines

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Labeling No Alcohol and Alcohol-Removed Wines

Question

On an Alcohol-Removed wine that is .5% alcohol or less, what are the rules for ingredient labeling and what types of ingredients are required to be listed?

Answer

The Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAAA Act), which is administered by the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), provides for the federal regulation of wine. The FAA Act defines wine as products containing not less than 7% alcohol by volume. Wine containing less than 7% alcohol by volume is subject to the food labeling regulations issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (see the TTB guidance document, Wine Labeling: Overview of Labeling Requirements for Domestic Wines – Less than 7 Percent Alcohol by Volume). However, under the Internal Revenue Code, all beverages containing more than 0.05% alcohol by volume may be subject to Federal Excise Tax (FET) collected by TTB.

While, most likely, your product is governed by FDA labeling requirements, to adequately advise you, we would need to have more information, especially concerning the ingredients in your alcohol-removed wine and the proposed labels for this product. 

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