While the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has yet to publish the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, major changes are afoot. In May the Secretaries of Agriculture and HHS (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.) announced plans to pare down …Read More

The Brewers Association is pleased to report that brewers with approved Rural Electrification for American Program (REAP) grants have received payments. Earlier this year these funds were frozen by Presidential executive order. Read More

In May, the FDA extended the comment deadline for its front-of-label packaging rule to July 15, 2025. The rule would require new disclosures on the front of food labels and would apply to alcohol beverages outside of TTB’s labeling jurisdiction …Read More

On May 15 the Brewers Association provided TTB with a priority list of outstanding regulatory requests, some dating back as far as 2017. They range from modernizing the regulations governing labeling and advertising non-alcoholic beer (a BA petition first filed …Read More

Brewers continue to face supply chain uncertainty stemming from actual and threatened tariffs. On May 23, the President announced a 50% tariff on all goods coming from the European Union (EU), initially announced to start on June 1. The new …Read More

On March 2, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it would suspend enforcement of the CTA. First enacted in 2021, the CTA imposed reporting requirements on almost all U.S. corporations, limited liability companies, and other business entities. Those …Read More

The Brewers Association (BA) has learned that multiple breweries have not received payments committed by the USDA under the Rural Energy for American Program (REAP). The funds were frozen by one of the President’s recent executive orders. On March 17, …Read More

The next expected critical date for tariffs is April 2, when the President is expected to announce “reciprocal” tariffs targeting countries that the President believes impose unfair tariffs and other trade barriers on U.S. goods. The President may also revisit …Read More