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Richard Gahagan
Beverage Alcohol Advisor
Former Chief Regulator, BATF (TTB)
Richard retired after a 30 year career with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF). His career began as an Inspector in 1971. While an Inspector and a Senior Inspector, his duties included the qualification of distilled spirits plants, wineries, breweries, wholesalers and importers. He also conducted audits of these businesses to evaluate whether the correct amount of Federal excise tax was paid; the products were made in accordance with Federal and State production standards; and that the products were labeled in compliance with Federal regulations.
Richard was promoted to ATF's Wine Technical Advisor and assigned to the Domestic and International Trade Division of the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco, in Washington, DC. From it's creation in 1982 until his retirement in 2002, he is the only person to hold this position. His responsibilities included advising the wine industry, State and foreign governments, and other Federal agencies on U.S. wine regulations and production. This involved working with many domestic and international wine related issues, including the evaluation of new wine-treating materials and processing technology.
Richard represented the United States Government and the U.S. wine industry at the expert groups Food Safety, Wine Technology, Wine Microbiology, and International Code of Oenological Practice at the Office International de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV), headquartered in Paris, France. Also, he was part of the United States' delegation to the Food Additives and Contaminates Committee (CCFAC) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CODEX), headquartered in The Netherlands, which is part of the Food and Agricultural Office (FAO) of the United Nations. His was responsible for providing advice to the U.S. Head of Delegation regarding beer, distilled spirits and wine additive and contaminant issues.
Richard served on the board of the Viticulture and Enology Research Center (VERC) at California State University, Fresno; the Technical Projects Committee (TPC) of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV); and the Grape Germplasm Advisory Committee of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Richard is enrolled to practice before the Buearu of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Richard received his BS degree, Industrial Technology, California State University, Fresno, 1971 and MS degree, Agricultural Chemistry (enology option), California State University, Fresno, 1982.
Richard has worked with Conformia since January 2002.
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