Low Alcoholic Beverages Draft Rules Released

· Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) Amendment Regulations, 2023 - Draft Regulations

[FSSAI Notification F. No. STD/SP-21/T(Alcohol-6) dated 11 May, 2023]

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]”.