Why do alcoholic beverages not have to list their ingredients?

Question

I am severely allergic to nuts and I know some alcohol is made from nuts.
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Why do alcoholic beverages not have to list their ingredients?

Answer 1

Rules governing alcoholic-beverage labeling suffer from jurisdictional gaps between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB, formerly the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms).

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http://www.cspinet.org/new/200312161.html