Distilleries that made hand sanitizer won't face hefty fee for helping out during pandemic
By: Elizabeth Cohen (CNN)
Quite the surprise! Common sense within the bureaucracy along with a correction by CNN. Maybe 2021 will be better.
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Distilleries that helped out in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic by making alcohol-based hand sanitizer won't have to pay a hefty fee the government charged them this week by mistake.
When hand sanitizer was in short supply in March, hundreds of distilleries jumped in and made it themselves. In order to do so, they had to register as drug makers, which have to pay user fees every year to the government.
Earlier this week, the US Food and Drug Administration, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, charged each of the distilleries a $15,000 fee, according to a senior HHS official.
But the department rescinded that fee on Thursday, claiming it was charged to distilleries by mistake.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story and headline mischaracterized the type of payments the government had charged distilleries as fines. They were facing fees.
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Let's hope this common sense approach continues into the next administration.
You appear to be ignoring the fact that this mistake took place on Donald Trump’s watch, in your effort to cast potential future fuck-ups on the Biden administration.
We'll keep you informed of Biden's fuk ups, which are due to begin in three weeks
I’m sure. Maybe Biden will wear a tan suit and you can go haywire over it.
Yes, the 'mistake' happened on Trump's watch. But the important thing is that the 'mistake' was corrected on Trump's watch, too.
I guess you’re just incapable of recognizing the insidiousness of assuming that Biden will make the same mistakes as Trump, and then further assuming that Biden won’t fix them like Trump did. In the end all you have done is shown a light on the fact that Trump fucked up.
The bureaucracy will continue to operate in the same manner. Isn't that what 'continuity in government' means?
Notice that the correction for this 'mistake' was to order the FDA to not enforce the requirement in this instance. The requirement remains in place. So, similar 'mistakes' can also happen during Biden's watch.
Sure, because as we all know, the President is briefed on and approves every single piece of paper that leaves the office of the FDA. /s
Again, this quickness to blame, or credit, a sitting president with every little thing the huge multi-tiered government bureaucracy does, or the immediate direction our massive economy takes, just cracks me up. Where do folks get the idea that the entire bureaucracy changes out with each administration or even bows completely to that new administration at any point during a 4 or 8 year term?
When the administration puts the people in charge of departments in those positions, yes, they end up taking some blame. Under normal circumstances a department head should be in communication with the administration, so it is not like they would be in the dark.
That being said, I am glad it is rectified.
Indeed. So am I.
Distilleries that helped out in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic by making alcohol-based hand sanitizer won't have to pay a hefty fee the government charged them this week by mistake.
A 'mistake'? Yeah, right.