When There Wasn’t Enough Hand Sanitizer, Distilleries Stepped Up. Now They’re Facing $14,060 FDA Fees.

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[–]RM-Goetbbels 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This is a crime. I'm not so much a hand sanitizer guy, more of a wash your damn hands type but people were flipping out about not being able to get sanitizer. The shelves were bare. ISO alcohol could not be found.

Then slowly I started to see brewery and distillery knock offs. Nothing fancy just a plain white label with a "brand" and an ingredients list.

[–]trident765 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Society hates initiative, whether good or bad.

[–]whistlepig 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

don't blame this on "society"

[–]RatherSmallPotato 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Neither of them should pay it.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's not clear whether each of the 800 distilleries have to pay that amount or that's the total, if the latter the fee would be $17.75 each.

I have no sympathy for them, those craft sanitizers were expensive as hell and the supply of hand sanitizer was hardly out long. I still see lots of those jugs in the liquor store nobody wanted to buy.

[–]Node 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's each, and totals $11.74 million if they want it from all 835 on the list.

[–]Nemacolin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

OK, so that is over.

Distilleries that helped produce hand sanitizer during the start of the pandemic won't have to pay thousands of dollars in fees after all.

Hundreds of distilleries needed to register as drug makers to produce hand sanitizer, which requires an annual fee of about 15-thousand dollars.

The Department of Health and Human Services said the Food and Drug Administration did not receive approval to bill distilleries.

The department told distilleries they do not have to pay the fee.

A spokesperson for the agency said these businesses should be applauded for their actions - not taxed.

https://www.kbzk.com/news/coronavirus/distilleries-excused-from-paying-thousands-of-dollars-in-fees

[–]Akali 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Bureaucracy at its finess...

Mr. A : housten, we have a problem. Mr. B : I have a solution! Mr. A : how about you pay for it, you hypocrite! Mr. B : Hold on, what? Mr. A : Clearly, you are the criminal!

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

$11.74 million is what they're asking for. 835 Distilleries either fell for the hoax, or decided to extract money from the retards who did.

[–]whistlepig 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Selling a product to those who want it has hardly anything to do with falling for a hoax. Although yea.. probably many of them did.

I will say though that I use the stuff as a cleaner/solvent in the printing industry and even though I keep a decent stock of the stuff I still needed to get another jug from one of these independent providers this last year. So it does rub me the wrong way that the feds would punish people for supplying the need. Of course, I already despised the feds.

[–]Sw0rdofDam0cles 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How many of those distillers were in operation during the Kung flu scare of 2002-2004?