Sec. 510.200 Brandy Containing Methyl Alcohol - Food Additive (CPG 7119.09)
BACKGROUND:
Domestic brandies rarely exceed 0.1% methyl alcohol and manufacturers of foreign
brandies do not usually offer for import into the U.S. brandies exceeding 0.35% methyl
alcohol. However, foreign brandies manufactured for consumption within their native
countries may contain up to 1% or more. More than 20 years ago the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
Division, Internal Revenue Service and FDA mutually agreed that the maximum permitted
level of methyl alcohol in brandy should be informally established at 0.35%.
REGULATORY ACTION GUIDANCE:
Detain if the brandy contains in excess of 0.35% methyl alcohol (Imports only).
Issued: 10/1/80