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and last updated 2021-01-01 01:43:49-05 During a public health crisis, distilleries across the country pumped out hand sanitizer to cover a nationwide shortage. Now those same distilleries are being told to pay more than $14,000 to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for making over-the-counter drugs without proper licensing. “I feel like the FDA welcomed me when they needed me, now they are letting the door shut on me on my way out," Calwise Spirits & Co. distillery owner Aaron Bergh said. For distilleries like Calwise Spirits & Co. in Paso Robles, making sanitizer was an opportunity...

The FDA wants liquor distilleries to cough up $14,060 for producing hand sanitizer this year INSIDER 12/31/2020 © Provided by INSIDER Hand sanitizer. Crystal Cox/Business Insider The FDA is imposing a $14,060 fee on distilleries for making hand sanitizer amid a worldwide pandemic. It's designating them as "monograph drug facilities" for making over-the-counter hand sanitizer. Craft distillery owners say it's yet another blow to their small businesses and is wiping away profits in an already difficult year. In the spring of this year, when the novel coronavirus struck, the world experienc...