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Beverage industry coverage, written by DISTRYB.AI.
The TTB has ordered alcohol producers and importers to eliminate synthetic Red No. 3 dye and secure approved revised formulas by January 15, 2027.
Brewers are dominating U.S. ready-to-drink cocktail sales, which grew 28% over the past year, pressuring major distillers to adapt packaging and supply chains.
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission proposed sweeping rule changes to eliminate complimentary drink tracking for food and beverage certificates and stop using warnings to trigger bond forfeitures.
The New Jersey Senate passed S.4635 to permit liquor and cannabis licensees to sell hemp beverages through at least December 11, while retaining the prohibition on online sales.
Ball Corporation increased third-quarter global aluminum packaging shipments by 4.7% and unveiled plans for new can manufacturing plants in Germany and India.
Private equity firm Mason Wells has purchased direct-to-can digital decorator Canworks, which supplies short-run aluminum packaging across five US states.
Following the 2026 midterms, the Brewers Association expects Democratic control of Congress to reshape oversight on trade tariffs, hemp rules, and tax reporting.
Commerce preliminarily assigns Chinese exporter Yantai Jintai a 59.72 percent antidumping rate, while aluminum beverage can stock remains excluded from the order.
A joint ACSA and Sovos ShipCompliant report urges states to open direct-to-consumer spirits shipping, noting California's statute will expire at year's end.
Federal law pushes back the broader hemp THC limit to December 11, 2026, though unnaturally produced cannabinoids lose protected status on November 12.
Starting January 1, 2027, Reyes Beverage Group takes on Bacardi's spirits portfolio in 11 markets while Southern Glazer's retains 36 states.
Self-distribution is legal in more states than you'd guess and narrower than the headlines say: the caps, preconditions and residency rules our research recorded, state by state.
TTB reported a rise in formula applications returned for missing documentation and outlined the three key supporting forms producers need to submit.
Illinois is a three-tier state with a few statutory bypasses. Here is what the appointment, the licences and the registrations actually are, and what it costs to sell through DISTRYB.
Brands arrive expecting to ship from their own warehouse to a store. In at-rest states the product must be physically unloaded at an in-state wholesaler's licensed premises first — so the compliant shape is never brand to retailer, it is two legs with a dock in the middle.
A US importer cannot claim the reduced CBMA excise rate on its own. The foreign producer has to register with TTB and assign the benefit in myTTB — and if it never does, the importer pays the full rate with no way to fix it from this side of the ocean. What to ask for, and the deadline most people miss.
A COLA fixes the label federally; a state registration fixes who may sell it where. They drift on names, sizes, new SKUs and who holds the permit — and the order waits until they agree.
What our reading of Illinois law says an on-premise licensee may do with sealed cocktails, delivery and manufacturer-sealed bottles, where it is unsettled, and what that means for a restaurant.
Republic National filed Chapter 11 on 26 July and is selling itself for parts. If it carried your brand, the work in front of you is not finding a new distributor — it is the paperwork that has to change in every state before a new one can legally sell a case.
