---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 20.111"
title: "27"
number: "20.111"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/20.111"
---

# §20.111. General.

- (a) Formula approval obtained on TTB Form 5150.19 is not required for an article made in accordance with any approved general-use formula that is specified in [§§ 20.112 through 20.124](/cfr/27/20.112..20.124.md), that is approved by the appropriate TTB officer as an alternate method, or that is published as a TTB Ruling on the TTB Web site at https://www.ttb.gov. However, a statement of process on TTB Form 5150.19 is still required in any of the circumstances described in [§ 20.94](/cfr/27/20.94.md).
- (b) Any interested party may petition TTB for approval of a new general-use formula by submitting a letter describing the proposed general-use formula to the appropriate TTB officer.
- (c) The manufacturer shall ensure that each finished article made pursuant to a general-use formula is unfit for beverage use and is incapable of being reclaimed or diverted to beverage use or internal human use.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-199, 50 FR 9162, Mar. 6, 1985, as amended by T.D. TTB-140, 81 FR 59457, Aug. 30, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 5001, 5206, 5214, 5271-5275, 5311, 5552, 5555, 5607, 6065, 6109, 7805.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-199, 50 FR 9162, Mar. 6, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-199, 50 FR 9162, Mar. 6, 1985, as amended by T.D. TTB-140, 81 FR 59457, Aug. 30, 2016]