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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-24062025-264085
EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2025/ASHADHA 2, 1947
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS AUTHORITY OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th June, 2025
F. No. STD/SP-21/T(Alcohol-6).- Whereas the draft Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages)
Amendment Regulations, 2023 were published as required by sub-section (1) of section 92 of the Food Safety and
Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), vide notification of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India number, F.
No. STD/SP-21/T(Alcohol-6), dated the 11th May, 2023, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4,
inviting objections and suggestions from the persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of
sixty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification were made
available to the public;
And whereas, the copies of the said Gazette were made available to the public on the 19th May, 2023;
And whereas, objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft regulations
have been considered by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (v) of sub-section (2) of section 92 of the said
Act, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the
Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) Regulations, 2018, namely: -
1. These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) first Amendment
Regulations, 2025.
2. They shall come into force on 01st January, 2026.
3. In the Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) Regulations, 2018, –
(1) in PART-1,
(a) in regulation 1.2 relating to 'Definitions', after sub-regulation 1.2.4, the following shall be inserted, namely:
'1.2.4a. "alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages" means, flavored beverages having more than 0.5 and up to
15.0% of alcohol by volume, made from spirit or the mixture of spirit or any alcoholic beverage as base by
adding natural or nature identical or artificial flavors and food additives permitted under the Food Safety and
Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, or a combination thereof, and
fruit or vegetable juice or herbs or spices, or a combination thereof, with or without added sugar or caloric
sweeteners or salt and with or without carbonation. In case of carbonated alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages,
they shall be carbonated with carbon dioxide, which shall have a minimum of one volume of carbon dioxide
and shall conform to the requirements of TABLE-4.]'.
(b) in regulation 1.3, in sub-regulation 1.3.9, after the proviso, for the words beginning with "Alcoholic
beverage containing" and ending with "the requirements of TABLE-4", the following shall be substituted,
namely: -
"Alcoholic beverage containing more than 0.5 per cent abv and up to 15.0 per cent abv shall be called as
Alcoholic ready-to-drink beverage and it shall conform to the definition provided under regulation 1.2 and
the requirements of TABLE-4,";
(2) in PART 2, for regulation 2.2, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely: -
"2.2 Country liquors or Indian Liquors: Country liquors or Indian Liquors or spirits are alcoholic beverages
obtained from distillation of fermentable carbohydrates of agricultural origin. Country liquors or Indian made
Liquors may also be of the following types, namely: -
2.2.1 Plain country liquor or Plain Indian liquor: Plain country liquor or Plain Indian liquor 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 liquor or Blended Indian liquor: Blended country liquor or Blended Indian liquor is
a blend of an alcoholic distillate, rectified spirit or neutral spirit.
Note: Country liquor or Indian liquor shall also conform to the general requirement specified in PART 1 and
requirements specified in TABLE – 1. Product name and ingredients or raw materials for such products are
specified in Annexure-1 of these regulations and the same are not exhaustive.".
(3) in PART-3, in regulation 3.1, -
(a) in sub-regulation 3.1.4, -
(i) for the heading “Wine from fruits other than grapes", the following heading shall be substituted, namely: -
"Fruit Wine (other than grape wine) along with Honey wine";
(ii) after clause 3.1.4.3, the following clause shall be inserted, namely: -
"3.1.4.4 Honey wine or Mead: Honey wine or Mead is a wine produced from the fermentation of an aqueous
solution of honey by yeasts without addition of any other carbohydrate source. It may contain herbs, spices or
natural flavourings and shall conform to the requirements provided under Table-2 except ethyl alcohol
content which may vary between 4% to 15.5%.";
(b) in sub-regulation 3.1.5, after the words "juice or sap", the words "or whole grains" shall be inserted;
(c) in sub-regulation 3.1.6, after the words "or any other approved substance", the words "Wine Based
Beverages may or may not be carbonated." shall be inserted,
(4) in PART 4, in regulation 4.2, after sub-regulation 4.2 (1), the following sub-regulation 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."
(5) in TABLE-1, -
(a) for the heading in column 5, the following heading shall be substituted, namely: -
"Country Liquor, Indian Liquor, Plain Country Liquor or Plain Indian Liquor";
(b) for the heading in column 6, the following heading shall be substituted, namely: -
"Blended Country Liquors or Blended Indian Liquors";
(c) in the footnote, for the words “low alcoholic beverages", the words "Ready to Drink Alcoholic Beverage"
shall be substituted;
(6) in TABLE-2, -
(a) in column 7, in the heading, after the words "Fruit Wine (other than grape wine)", the words "along with
Honey wine" shall be inserted;
(b) in the foot note, for the words "in accordance with their", the words "except the characteristic", shall be
substituted.
(7) in TABLE-3, -
(a) in Column 2,
(i) against serial number 3, for the words "Carbon dioxide, v/v, Min", the words "CO2 or Mixture of CO2
and N2 gas, v/v, Min***” shall be substituted;
(ii) against serial number 10, for the words "Total plate count, cfu per ml", the words, "Total plate count, cfu
per ml **** " shall be substituted.
(b) after column (7), the following column shall be inserted, namely: -
+-----------------+
| Craft Beer |
+-----------------+
| 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 |
+-----------------+
| * |
+-----------------+
(c) after the existing footnotes, the following footnotes shall be inserted, namely: -
“ *** Mixture of CO2 and N2 gas is applicable for craft beer.
**** Does not include Brewer's yeast.".
(8) in TABLE 4, -
(a) for the existing heading, the heading "Requirements for Alcoholic Ready-to-drink beverages" shall be
substituted;
(b) against serial number 1, in column (3), for the entry '>0.5 to 8.0', the entry '>0.5 to <15.0', shall be
substituted.
(9) after TABLE 4, the following Annexure shall be inserted, namely: -
"Annexure-1
Table I: List of Indian Liquors (Distilled Liquor)
+-------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| S. 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; | Table 1(5) |
| | | alcoholic drink | |
| 7 | Daru | Cereal | Table 1 (5) |
| 8 | Handia | Rice, ranu | Table 1 (5) |
| 9 | Haria | Rice and bhakar or dabai | Table 1 (5) |
| | | or mod pitha | |
| 10 | Juharo | Rice, humao | Table 1 (5) |
| 11 | Kiad | Rice, thiat | Table 1 (5) |
| 12 | Madda feni | Cashew fruit | Table 1 (5) |
| 13 | Madhu | Rice, khekhrii | Table 1 (5) |
| 14 | Madua Apong | Finger millet, phab | Table 1 (5) |
| 15 | Mahua | Dried corollas of | Table 1 (5) |
| | | Madhucalongifolia and ranu| |
| 16 | Nava | Jaggery, Molasses | Table 1(5) |
| | Sagara/kandasarai | | |
| 17 | Nchiangne | Red rice | Table 1 (5) |
| 18 | Raksi | Cereals and marcha | Table 1 (5) |
| 19 | Rakzu | Rice and dawdim | Table 1 (5) |
| 20 | Ruhi | Rice | Table 1 (5) |
| 21 | Soor | Fruits and keem | Table 1 (5) |
| 22 | Tin-zu | Rice and dawdim | Table 1 (5) |
| 23 | Toddy liquor | Made from distilled palm | Table 1(5) |
| | | sap | |
| 24 | Xaj pani/koloh | Rice, xaj pittha | Table 1 (5) |
| | pani | | |
| 25 | Yu | Rice, hamei | Table 1 (5) |
| 26 | Zu | Rice | Table 1 (5) |
| 27 | 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 | Grapes | Table 2 [White Wine (3) |
| | kinnauri | | and RedWine (4)] |
| 2 | Chulli | Apricot | Table 2 (7) |
| 3 | Ghanti | Apple and apricot | Table 2 (7) |
+-------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------------------+
Table III: List of Indian Liquor (Ready to Drink Alcoholic Beverage)
+-------+---------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| S. No.| Alcoholic products | Raw materials and Starter | Product category to comply|
+-------+---------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| 1 | Apong or ennog | Rice, Apop pitha | Table 4 |
| 2 | Atingba | Rice, hamei | Table 4 |
| 3 | Ahom | Rice and vekur pitha | Table 4 |
| 4 | Bhaati jaanr | Rice, marcha | Table 4 |
| 5 | Bhang-chyang | Maizerice/ barley and pham| Table 4 |
| 6 | Buza | Barley | Table 4 |
| 7 | Chhang/Chyang/Chee/ | Finger millet/barley and | Table 4 |
| | Kodo ko jaanr | phab | |
| 8 | Chhind | Extracted sap of chhind | Table 4 |
| | | (Phoenix sylvestris) | |
| 9 | Chakti | Jaggery | Table 4 |
| 10 | Dekuijao | Rice | Table 4 |
| 11 | Duizou | Red rice, khekhrii | Table 4 |
| 12 | Ennog | Black rice, phut | Table 4 |
| 13 | Faapar ko jaanr | Buck wheat, marcha | Table 4 |
| 14 | Gahoon ko jaanr | Wheat, marcha | Table 4 |
| 15 | Jann or jaan | Rice, wheat and other | Table 4 |
| | | cerealsand balam | |
| 16 | Jao ko jaanr | Barley, marcha | Table 4 |
| 17 | Jhara | Rice, dabai ranu | Table 4 |
| 18 | Jou | Rice, khekhrii | Table 4 |
| 19 | Jou Bishi | Rice, angkur | Table 4 |
| 20 | Judima | Rice, humao | Table 4 |
| 21 | Juhning | Rice | Table 4 |
| 22 | Kodo ko jaanr | Finger millet and marcha | Table 4 |
| 23 | Khor | Germinated rice | Table 4 |
| 24 | Kanji | Beet carrot root and | Table 4 |
| | | torami | |
| 25 | Langi | Rice, chowan | Table 4 |
| 26 | Laopani | Rice, pitha | Table 4 |
| 27 | Lugri | Barley | Table 4 |
| 28 | Mingari/Lohpani | Maize, rice or barley and | Table 4 |
| | | pham | |
| 29 | Makai ko jaanr | Maize, marcha | Table 4 |
| 30 | Nduijao | Rice | Table 4 |
| 31 | Nyongin | Rice, opop | Table 4 |
| 32 | Oa | Rice-fillet mixture, paa | Table 4 |
| 33 | Opo | Rice-millet | Table 4 |
| 34 | Pachwai | Rice, bhakar | Table 4 |
| 35 | Patso | Rice, chamri | Table 4 |
| 36 | Pendum | Rice, herbs, ranu or | Table 4 |
| | | bhakar | |
| 37 | Pheijou | Rice, husk, khai | Table 4 |
| 38 | Pona/Pone | Rice | Table 4 |
| 39 | Rak | Apple, wild almond, | Table 4 |
| | | apricot and jiggery and | |
| | | phab | |
| 40 | Sez | Rice | Table 4 |
| 41 | Sujen | Rice and mod pitha or | Table 4 |
| | | perok kushi | |
| 42 | Sura | Finger millet | Table 4 |
| 43 | Simal tarul ko | Cassava tuber and marcha | Table 4 |
| | jaanr | | |
| 44 | Sira-Oa | Rice-fillet mixture, paa | Table 4 |
| 45 | Themsing | Finger millet/barley | Table 4 |
| 46 | Timpui | Rice, khai | Table 4 |
| 47 | Waiyu | Rice, husk, khai | Table 4 |
| 48 | Yu angouba | Germinated rice | Table 4 |
| 49 | Zoungao | Germinated rice | Table 4 |
| 50 | Zutho/Zhuchu | Rice, khekhrii | Table 4 |
| 51 | Zufang | Sticky rice and dawdim | Table 4 |
+-------+-------------------+---------------------------+---------------------------+
Note: The products specified in Table I, II and III of the Annexure, which are governed by any other Act and
Regulations are exempted from the provisions of these Regulations.".
G. KAMALA VARDHANA RAO, Chief Executive Officer
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./186/2025-26]
Note. - The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, vide
notification number F. No. 2/SA-24/2009(1)/FSSAI, dated 19th March, 2018 and last amended vide notification no. F.
No. STD/SP-21/T(Alcohol-4) dated 21st August, 2023.
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