Formula For Distilled Spirits Under The Federal Alcohol Administration Act
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
04/22/2026
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2026
36
50
36
50
360
500
The Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAA Act) at 27 U.S.C. 205(e) authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) to issue regulations regarding the labeling of alcohol beverage products to prevent consumer deception, to provide the consumer with adequate information as to the identity and quality of such products, and to require a statement of composition in certain cases of distilled spirits produced by blending or rectification or if neutral spirits were used in the productâs production. In addition, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5222(c), 5223, and 5232, authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations regarding the removal and addition of extraneous substances to distilling materials or the redistillation of domestic and imported spirits. Under those authorities, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) regulations in 27 CFR parts 5, 19, and 26 require proprietors to obtain TTB approval of formulas for distilled spirits products when operations such as blending, mixing, purifying, refining, compounding, or treating change the character, composition, class, or type of the spirits. Most respondents now use TTB's Formulas Online (FONL) online system, or its paper equivalent, TTB F 5100.51, to file such formulas, but TTB continues to allow respondents to file distilled spirits formulas using the legacy form, TTB F 5110.38, which is approved under this control number. Respondents use this form to list ingredients, and, in some cases, the process used to produce the product. TTB uses the collected information to determine if a distilled spirits product meets the applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
There are no program changes associated with this information collection at this time, and TTB is submitting it for reapproval for extension purposes only. As for adjustments, due to changes in agency estimates for this information collection, TTB is decreasing its estimated number of annual respondents from 50 to 12, is decreasing its estimated number of annual responses from 50 to 36, and is decreasing its estimated total annual burden from 50 to 36 hours. However, also due to changes in agency estimates, TTB is increasing the estimated number of annual responses per respondent to this information collection, from 1 to 3 per respondent.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form TTB F 5110.38 Formula for Distilled Spirits Under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act
OMB No. 1513-0046 Supporting Statement (04-2026).docx
Formula for Distilled Spirits Under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act