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Committee approves consent amendment letting beer wholesalers deliver product to food manufacturers
Summary
The committee took by consent an amendment to allow beer wholesalers to deliver beer to FDA‑registered food manufacturers that incorporate beer into recipes, citing microbrewery precedent and local industry examples.
Senator Kyle Walker offered an amendment to allow licensed beer wholesalers to deliver, transport and possess beer for food manufacturers registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that add beer to recipes, such as beer‑battered fish or beer cheese.
Senator Kyle Walker described the change as simple and practical: "It just changes the beer wholesaler's permit to allow them to also, deliver beer, possess transport seller, deliver beer to a food manufacturer that is registered with the FDA for the purpose of adding or integrating the beer into a product or recipe," he said.
The committee chair noted a prior change permitting microbreweries to supply food processors and suggested the amendment followed that precedent; he asked for—and received—consent to adopt the amendment without a roll‑call vote.
Because the change was adopted by consent and attracted no opposition in the hearing record, the amendment proceeds with the bill and will be part of the package moving to Appropriations for fiscal review.
