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✨ Food Standards for Spirits and Brandy

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2 Composition of spirit and brandy

Spirit and brandy may contain -

(a) water; and

(b) sugars; and

(d) spices.

3 Addition of other foods to brandy during production

During the production of brandy the following foods may be added -

(a) grape juice; and

(b) grape juice concentrates; and

(d) prune juice.

4 Geographical indications

(1) A geographical indication must not be used in relation to a spirit, even where the true origin of the spirit is indicated or the geographical indication is used in translation or accompanied by expressions such as ‘kind’, ‘type’, ‘style’, ‘imitation’ or the like, unless the spirit has been produced in the country, locality or region indicated.

(2) A spirit lawfully exported under a geographical indication, but bottled in Australia or New Zealand, must not be sold under that geographical indication —

(a) unless the concentration of alcohol by volume in the spirit is at a level permitted under the laws for that geographical indication of the country, region or locality indicated by that geographical indication; or

(b) if any other distinctive quality or characteristic of the spirit is altered in a manner that would mislead or deceive the public as to the nature of the product identified by the geographical indication.

Editorial note:

Additive permissions and permitted processing aids for the products referred to in this Standard are contained in Standards 1.3.1 Food Additives and 1.3.3 Processing Aids respectively.

Specific labelling requirements for alcoholic beverages are contained in Standard 2.7.1.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 2000, No 170

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🏥 Standard for Spirits (continued from previous page)

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