INDIAN BREWERS AND IMPORTERS FACE TOUGHER YEAST CONTENT RULES
February 1st, 2019
Beer standards India will be tightened from April 1, with a new regulation coming into force that limits the maximum yeast count in draught beer to 40 CFU (colony-forming units) and to zero for bottled beer.
The goal of this new Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages Standards) Regulation, 2018,
https://fssai.gov.in/dam/jcr:cd57d3d9-03fc-4b2c-bf94-8006bc4bb6de/Gazette_Notification_Alcoholic_Beverages_05_04_2018.pdf
is to make India-sold beer healthier. “We fear that the presence of yeast above the permissible limit may multiply and render the ...
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