TTB Adds New Standards of Fill for Wine and Distilled Spirits; Eliminates Distinction Between Standards of Fill for Distilled Spirits in Cans and Other Types of Containers

January 8, 2025 │Regulations and Rulings Division

In a final rule, available now on the Federal Register's Public Inspection page and scheduled to be published on January 10, 2025, we are authorizing 13 additional standards of fill for wine containers and 15 standards of fill for distilled spirits containers.

TTB is also amending its regulations to eliminate the distinction between standards of fill for distilled spirits in cans and those for distilled spirits in containers other than cans.

These regulatory amendments provide more flexibility to industry members and provide consumers more purchasing options. Specifically, wine industry members may now use the following new standards of fill: 180, 300, 330, 360, 473 (16 oz.), 550, 568 (19.2 oz), 600, 620, 700, and 720 milliliter sizes and 1.8 and 2.25 liter sizes. These are in addition to those that had already been approved and listed in 27 CFR 4.72. Distilled spirits industry members may now use the following new standards of fill: 187, 250, 331, 350, 355, 475, 500, 570, 700, 710, and 945 milliliter sizes and 1.5, 2, 3, and 3.75 liter sizes. These are in addition to those that had already been approved and listed at 27 CFR 5.203. All standards of fill for distilled spirits are now approved for cans and containers other than cans.

All documents and comments related to this new standard of identity proposal are posted at Regulations.gov within docket TTB-2022-0004.

This final rule will be effective on January 10, 2025; the revised regulations will be visible on the eCFR website in several days.