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Great post over at WineAmerica detailing the new FDA regulations, specifically highlight that most of the new food safety rules will not apply to wineries. This is a big relief and helps with the regulatory uncertainty that comes from this type of legislation. We’ve been keeping our eye on this issue for a while now (see our …

Interesting article in Wine Spectator describing the growing presensce of the FDA at wineries. Per the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)  the FDA needs to perform the first audit of a winery within the first 7 years of existence and then every 5 years after that. This, of course, is a fairly new practice …