ABLA Civil Penalty Adjusted for Inflation
On Thursday, February 17, 2022, we published the latest civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment notification, adjusting the maximum penalty for violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988 (ABLA). Beginning February 17, 2022, the penalty is raised from $21,663 to $22,979, with each day constituting a separate offense.
The ABLA requires a government health warning statement to appear on all containers of alcoholic beverages sold or distributed in the United States. It also provides that any person who violates the provisions of the ABLA is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000, with each day constituting a separate offense. However, the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended, requires agencies to make periodic inflation-based adjustments to civil monetary penalties.
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