(a) General. Except as provided in paragraph (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.

(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.

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


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