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Draft notification on Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) Amendment Regulations, 2023 related to standards of Mead (Honey wine), Craft Beer, Indian liquors and definition of Low Alcoholic Beverages/ RTD, Wine based Beverages and, Country Liquors etc.

S.no.

Section

Notification

Part-1

(a) in regulation 1.2 relating to ‘Definitions’, after sub-regulation 1.2.12, following shall be inserted, namely, -

“1.2.12a. “Ready-to–drink/ Low alcoholic beverages, shall be low alcoholic, flavored beverages having more than 0.5 to 8.0% of alcohol ABV, made from spirit or the mixture of spirit or any alcoholic beverage other than wine and beer as base by adding natural /nature identical / artificial flavors and/or food additives permitted under the FSS (FPS&FA) Regulations 2011; and/or fruit/vegetable juice with or without added sugar/ salt and with or without carbonation. In case of carbonated ready-to-drink (RTD) /low alcoholic beverages, they shall be carbonated with carbon dioxide. However, the carbonated RTD /low alcoholic beverages shall have a minimum of one volume of carbon dioxide. It shall conform to the requirements of Table-4.]”.

(b) in regulation 1.3, in sub-regulation 1.3.9, the proviso starting with “Alcoholic beverage containing” and ending with “the requirements of Table-4”, shall be substituted with the following, namely, -

“Alcoholic beverage containing more than 0.5 per cent abv but not more than 8.0 per cent abv may be called as Ready-to–drink/ low alcoholic beverage. It shall conform to the definition provided under regulation 1.2 and the requirements of Table-4.

Product name/Ingredients/Raw materials for such products are placed at Annexure-1 of these regulations, which are not exhaustive.”

Part 2

in Part 2, regulation 2.2 related to Country Liquors shall be substituted with the following namely, -

“2.2 Country liquors/Indian Liquors: Country liquors/Indian Liquors or spirits are alcoholic beverages obtained from distillation of fermentable carbohydrates of agricultural origin. Country liquors /Indian Made Liquors may also be of the following types:

2.2.1 Plain country liquors / Plain Indian liquors: Plain country liquors / Plain Indian liquors shall be made from alcoholic distillate obtained from fermented molasses, jaggery (Gur), mash of cereals, potato, cassava, fruits, juice or sap of coconut and palm trees, mahua flowers or any other carbohydrates of agricultural origin.

2.2.2 Blended country liquors / Blended Indian liquors: Blended country liquors / Blended Indian liquors is a blend of an alcoholic distillate, rectified spirit or neutral spirit.

Country liquors / Indian liquors shall also conform to the general requirement specified in Part 1 and requirements specified in Table – 1. Product name/Ingredients/ Raw materials for such products are placed at Annexure-1 of these regulations, which are not exhaustive.”

Part-3

in Part-3, in regulation 3.1,

(a) after the proviso starting with “A season’s yield of wine” and ending with “vintage wine”, the following shall be inserted, namely, -

“Product name/Ingredients/Raw materials for such products are placed at Annexure-1 of these regulations, which are not exhaustive.”

(b) in sub-regulation 3.1.4, the heading “Wine from fruits other than grapes” shall be substituted with the following, namely, -

“Fruit Wine (other than grape wine) along with Honey wine”.

“3.1.4.4 Honey wine/ Mead: Honey wine / Mead is a wine produced from the fermentation of an aqueous solution of honey by yeasts without addition of any other carbohydrate source. It shall conform to the requirements provided under Table-2.”

(d) sub-regulation 3.1.5, shall be substituted with the following, namely, -

“Wine from other agricultural and plant sources (WAPS)

Wine from other agricultural and plant sources may be produced by the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice or sap or whole grains or other agricultural and plant sources with or without the addition of sugar or jaggery. It may include the following:”

(e) in sub-regulation 3.1.6, related to Wine Based Beverages, ending with words “or any other approved substance”, following shall be inserted, namely, -

“Wine Based Beverages may or may not be carbonated.”

Part 4

in Part 4, in regulation 4.2, related to Draught beer, after sub-regulation 4.2 (1) related to Craft beer, following shall be inserted, namely, -

“4.2 (1) (i) Nitro Craft Beer- Nitro Craft Beer is the craft beer having the mixture of CO2 and N2 gas.”

Table 2

in the Table no. 2,

(a) Column no. 7, in the heading, after the words “Fruit Wine (other than grape wine)”, the following shall be inserted, namely, - “along with Honey wine”.

(b) Column 5 in the heading Country Liquor or Plain Country Liquor shall be amended as follows: Country Liquor/Indian Liquor or Plain Country Liquor/ Plain Indian Liquor.

(c) Column 6 row No.1 Blended Country Liquors shall be amended as follows: Blended Country Liquors/ Blended Indian Liquors

(7) in Table 2, the foot note starting with words “wine based beverages” and ending with “ethyl alcohol content”, shall be substituted with the following, -

“Wine based beverages shall comply with the standards of table wine, except the characteristic ethyl alcohol content.”

Table 3

in Table 3,

(a) after column no. 7, following shall be inserted under Craft beer category:

Strong
(8)
More than 5.0 up to 8.0
3.3-4.8
1.8-3.6
50.0
2.0
5.0
0.2
0.25
0.1
<100
Absent
Absent
*

(b) in Column 2 (Characteristics),

(i) in S. No. 3, the words “Carbon dioxide, v/v”, Min, shall be substituted with following, namely, -

“CO₂ or Mixture of CO₂ and N₂ gas v/v”

(ii) for S. No. 3, related to Carbon dioxide, v/v, Min, following footnote shall be inserted at the end of the Table 3:

“Mixture of CO2 and N2 gas is applicable only for craft beer”.

(iii) for S. No. 10, related to “Total plate count, CFU per ml”, following footnote shall be inserted at the end of the Table 3:

“Does not include Brewer’s yeast”.

Table 4

in Table 4, the heading “Requirements for Low Alcoholic Beverages other than wine and beer” shall be substituted with “Requirements for Ready-to–drink/ Low alcoholic beverages”.

(10) After Table 4, the following Annexure shall be inserted:

Annexure-1

Table 1: List of Indian Liquors (Distilled Liquor)

Sl. No.	Alcoholic products	Raw materials and Starter	Product category to comply
1	Acham	Rice, chamri	Table 1 (5)
2	Ark or ara	Barley, apple, wild apricot	Table 1 (5)
3	Arak or Hor-Alank	Rice, Thap	Table 1 (5)
4	Aara	Cereals, paa, pee	Table 1 (5)
5	Basi	Rice	Table 1 (5)
6	Batta Sarai	Clear distilled liquor; alcoholic drink	Table 1(5)
7	Daru	Cereal	Table 1 (5)
8	Handia	Rice, ranu	Table 1 (5)
9	Haria	Rice and bhakar or dabai or mod pitha	Table 1 (5)
11	Juharo	Rice, humao	Table 1 (5)
12	Kiad	Rice, thiat	Table 1 (5)
13	Madda feni	Cashew fruit	Table 1 (5)
14	Madhu	Rice, khekhrii	Table 1 (5)
15	Madua Apong	Finger millet, phab	Table 1 (5)
16	Mahua	Dried corollas of Madhuca longifolia and ranu	Table 1 (5)
17	Nava Sagara/kanda sarai	Jaggery, Molasses	table 1(5)
18	Nchiangne	Red rice	Table 1 (5)
19	Raksi	Cereals and marcha	Table 1 (5)
20	Rakzu	Rice and dawdim	Table 1 (5)
21	Ruhi	Rice	Table 1 (5)
22	Soor	Fruits and keem	Table 1 (5)
23	Tin-zu	Rice and dawdim	Table 1 (5)
24	Toddy liquor	Made from distilled palm sap	table 1(5)
25	Xaj pani/koloh pani	Rice, xaj pittha	Table 1 (5)
26	Yu	Rice, hamei	Table 1 (5)
27	Zu	Rice	Table 1 (5)
28	Zupui	Rice and dawdim	Table 1 (5)

Table II: List of Indian Liquor (Undistilled Liquor)

S. No.	Alcoholic products	Raw materials and Starter	Product category to comply
1	Angoori or kinnauri	Grapes	Table 2 [White Wine (3) and Red Wine (4)]
2	Chulli	Apricot	Table 2 (7)
3	Ghanti	Apple and apricot	Table 2 (7)

Table III: List of Indian Liquor (Low Alcoholic Beverage)

S. No.	Alcoholic products	Raw materials and Starter	Product category to comply
1	Apong or ennog	Rice, Apop pitha	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
2	Atingba	Rice, hamei	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
3	Ahom	Rice and vekur pitha	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
4	Bhaati jaanr	Rice, marcha	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
5	Bhang-chyang	Maizerice/ barley and pham	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
6	Buza	Barley	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
7	Chhang/Chyang/Chee/Kodo ko jaanr	Finger millet/barley and phab	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
8	Chhind	Extracted sap of chhind (Phoenix sylvestris)	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
9	Chakti	Jaggery	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
10	Dekuijao	Rice	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
11	Duizou	Red rice, khekhrii	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
12	Ennog	Black rice, phut	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
13	Faapar ko jaanr	Buck wheat, marcha	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
14	Gahoon ko jaanr	Wheat, marcha	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
15	Jann or jaan	Rice, wheat and other cereals and balam	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
16	Jao ko jaanr	Barley, marcha	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
17	Jhara	Rice, dabai ranu	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
18	Jou	Rice, khekhrii	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
19	Jou Bishi	Rice, angkur	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
20	Judima	Rice, humao	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
21	Juhning	Rice	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
22	Kodo ko jaanr	Finger millet and marcha	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
23	Khor	Germinated rice	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
24	Kanji	Beet carrot root and torami	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
25	Langi	Rice, chowan	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
26	Laopani	Rice, pitha	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
27	Lugri	Barley	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
28	Mingari/Lohpani	Maize, rice or barley and pham	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
29	Makai ko jaanr	Maize, marcha	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
30	Nduijao	Rice	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
31	Nyongin	Rice, opop	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
32	Oa	Rice-fillet mixture, paa	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
33	Opo	Rice-millet and	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
34	Pachwai	Rice, bhakar	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
35	Patso	Rice, chamri	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
36	Pendum	Rice, herbs, ranu or bhakar	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
37	Pheijou	Rice, husk, khai	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
38	Pona/Pone	Rice	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
39	Rak	Apple, wild almond, apricot and jiggery and phab	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
40	Sez	Rice	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4-
41	Sujen	Rice and mod pitha or perok kushi	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
42	Sura	Finger millet	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
43	Simal tarul ko jaanr	Cassava tuber and marcha	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
44	Sira-Oa	Rice-fillet mixture, paa	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
45	Themsing	Finger millet/barley	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
46	Timpui	Rice, khai	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
47	Waiyu	Rice, husk, khai	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
48	Yu angouba	Germinated rice	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
49	Zoungao	Germinated rice	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)
50	Zutho/Zhuchu	Rice, khekhrii	Table 4
51	Zufang	Sticky rice and dawdim	Table 4 (Low-alcohol, ~4- 5%)

Note: Products specified in Table 1, 2 & 3 of this Annexure, governed by any other Act and Regulations are exempted from the provisions of these Regulations.