Liquor products

Amendments to the Regulations of the Liquor Products Act, Act 60 of 1989 and the Wine of Origin Scheme; (84 page(s), in English), (12 page(s), in English)

REGULATIONS: AMENDMENT

Provision for agave classes, beer classes, traditional African beer classes, other fermented beverages, dairy free liqueur and flavoured spirits in the regulations. Make provision for mead, rice fermented beverage, grain fermented beverage, sugar fermented beverage, sacramental beverage, orange juice and sugar fermented beverage and kombucha and sugar fermented alcoholic beverage under the other fermented beverages category of liquor. Provide for a definition for "prepackaged". Lower the maximum alcohol content of all spirit classes. Make provision for an Absinthe class, amend the definition of Gin, make provision for distilled gin, London dry gin and flavoured gin. Make provision for the labelling of Rose wine aged in red wine casks under specific conditions and MCC sparkling wines. Provide guidelines for lower in alcohol and comparative labelling claims. Make provision for best before date and production date in addition to filling date on the labelling of a liquor product. Allow for some flexibility with regards to the indication of Lot numbers. Make provision for the indication of drinking messages under the regulations of the Liquor Products Act, as currently required by the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, Act 54 of 1972, administered by the South African Department of Health. Amendment of regulation 58 to provide for guidelines during the appeal process. Update regulation 59 concerning offences and penalties. Amendment of Table 1 by addition of new grape cultivars for the production of wine. Amendment of Table 6 and 7, substances which may be added and removed from liquor products to list additives for all the new categories of liquor products and allowed practices.

WINE OF ORIGIN AMENDMENT

Provision for single vineyard wine, skin fermented white, moscato and amendment of section 23, 24 and 27. Provision for older white and red wine to be excluded from sampling under certain conditions. Table 1 and 22, addition of vine cultivars and synonyms to which the Scheme applies and for the production of Blanc de Noir wine. Revision and update of Table 4 regarding unacceptable quality characteristics of wine intended for certification under the scheme. Substitution of the word "board" in the scheme with the expression "WCA".