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Distillery owners rejoice after $14,000 fee for making hand sanitizer during pandemic waived We kind of got this alarming and sudden notice that we re going to have to pay $14,000 in February, Owner of Stumpy s, Adam Stumpf, told 5 On Your Side Author: Justina Coronel (KSDK) Updated: 10:40 PM CST January 2, 2021 ST. LOUIS During the pandemic, booze stopped flowing at some distilleries and many owners decided to take a shot at creating hand sanitizer. Over in Columbia, Illinois, Stumpy s pumped out 20,000 gallons of hand sanitizer. St. Louis Distillery in St. Charles also pitched in to help out. They would forego the usual application process that a distillery would have to do to make hand sanitizer because there was this need, co-owner Bill Schroer said. We produced about 1,200 gallons of hand sanitizer and probably 1,000 of that went to first responders and nursing homes. ....
End of year drama ends with deal to help local distilleries avoid $14K sanitizer fee Despite stepping up to help produce hand sanitizer this spring, local distilleries were told by the FDA to pay up this week. Author: Kent Erdahl Updated: 7:58 PM CST January 1, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS DuNord Craft Spirits was closed on New Year s Day, but there was plenty of drama to close the year. I think the first thing out of my mouth was, 2020 is not done with us, said Chris Montana, owner of DuNord in Minneapolis. Montana says he and other owners thought they were being scammed earlier in the week, after getting an alert from the FDA, saying that anyone who produced hand sanitizer during the pandemic, owed a registration fee totaling $14,060. ....
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been directed to stop enforcing at $14,060 fee on distilleries around the country that produced and donated hand sanitizer during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a Tweet on Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services said it directed the FDA to stop enforcement on the arbitrary, surprise user fees. BREAKING: @HHSGov Acts Swiftly to Protect Small Businesses from Arbitrary Fees Statement from Brian Harrison, HHS Chief of StaffâSmall businesses who stepped up to fight COVID-19Â should be applauded by their government, not taxed for doing so. (1/2) HHS Office of Public Affairs (@SpoxHHS) December 31, 2020 ....
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has persuaded the FDA to waive the hefty surprise fees for local distilleries that made hand sanitizer for their communities. ....