The FDA has issued a one-page fact sheet titled “Overview: Tobacco Retailer Warning Letters” to explain why warning letters are issued to tobacco retailers, what a retailer needs to do if a warning letter is received, and what FDA tobacco regulations apply to retailers. According to the FDA’s website, as of this past August 31,…
DetailsEfforts by dollar stores to increase trip frequency and grow basket size has them pushing into categories that introduce a considerable degree of complexity, as well as competition with convenience stores. Family Dollar is rolling out a four-foot tobacco set to 6,000 sites by the end of 2012. In a second-quarter 2012 earnings call, CEO…
DetailsThe availability of E15 is off to a slow start, and some retailers say it will stay that way, even though ethanol groups are pushing for wider usage, the Wall Street Journal reports. The blend is available at several stations in Kansas and Iowa, while Illinois, Nebraska, and South Dakota have said it could be…
DetailsThe morning after the first presidential debate, the National Retail Federation (NRF) launched a grassroots get-out-the-vote initiative. Named Retail Means Votes, the non-partisan effort is intended to educate and engage America’s retail industry, which supports 42 million American jobs. In addition, Retail Means Votes was created to encourage retailers to become active participants in next…
DetailsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack expressed frustration with the House of Representatives for not having passed the 2012 Farm Bill. “U.S. agriculture is fighting to maintain the tremendous momentum it has built over the past three years, but with natural disasters and other external forces threatening livelihoods of our farmers and ranchers, certainty is more important…
DetailsA majority of the named plaintiffs representing the class of all merchants in the case of “In Re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation” have announced their opposition to the proposed antitrust settlement agreement with Visa, MasterCard, and some of the nation’s largest banks. The plaintiffs object to the proposed settlement that…
DetailsThe U.S. government is asking a federal appeals court to rehear a challenge to a Food & Drug Administration (FDA) requirement that tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages to show that smoking can disfigure and even kill people, reported the Associated Press. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a petition…
DetailsThe Occupational Safety and Health Act, passed in 1970, is an extremely detailed and complicated body of federal law. There are thousands of pages of standards and regulations covering everything from drinking water containers to underwater welding. The law firm of Fisher & Phillips LLP has provided a 28-page booklet intended to provide readers with…
DetailsThe short answer: Not without paying federal excise tax and filing federal paperwork. Unlike wine and beer, federal law does not permit the production of distilled spirits for personal or family use. In order to produce distilled spirits for beverage use or industrial purposes, you must first qualify with TTB under the requirements of the…
DetailsThe federal Alcohol, Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued a guidance document on how the agency will enforce the recently enacted law classifying operators of cigarette roll-your-own machines as cigarette manufacturers. In “Cigarette-Making Machines and Other Tobacco Product Machines Made Available for Use by Consumers,” the TTB states the following: The person who…
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