---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 20.93"
title: "27"
number: "20.93"
heading: "Changes to formulas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/20.93"
---

# §20.93. Changes to formulas.

- (a) **General.** Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, any change of ingredients or quantities of ingredients listed in an approved formula shall constitute a different article for which a different approved formula is required by [§ 20.91](/cfr/27/20.91.md).
- (b) **Exceptions.** A different approved formula is not required for the following—
  - (1) A change from an ingredient identified in the formula by a brand name to the same quantity of a chemically identical ingredient acquired under a different brand name, or
  - (2) **A change of an ingredient which is a coloring material.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-199, 50 FR 9162, Mar. 6, 1985, as amended by T.D. TTB-140, 81 FR 59456, 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 59456, Aug. 30, 2016]