Indonesia – Draft regulation on Safety and Quality Standard of Alcoholic Beverages Indonesian National Agency for Drug and Food Control (NADFC) has issued draft Regulation of the Director General of Indonesian National Agency for Drug and Food Control concerning the Safety and Quality Standard of Alcoholic Beverages. This regulation regulates safety and quality standard, labeling and advertising of alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverages distributed in Indonesia both domestically or imported shall meet specified safety standard, quality standard, labeling and advertising in accordance with the provisions of this draft regulation. Safety standard included: a. Maximum level of the methanol content; b. Microbial contamination; c. Chemical contamination; d. Food additives. Maximum level of the methanol in alcohol beverages is not more than 0.01% v/v (calculated on the volume of products). The microbial contamination, chemical contamination and food additives conform with the provisions of the legislation. Quality standard of alcoholic beverages are specified in Annex. The Alcoholic beverages labeling shall declare the information at least, as follows: a. Alcoholic beverages and the type of Alcoholic beverages as defined in Regulation of the Chairman of NADFC RI No. 1 Year 2015 on Food Category; b. Prohibited to consume for under 21 years old or the pregnant woman; c. Contained alcohol + ' ..... % v/v. The information above shall be written in Indonesian language. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited to be advertised in any mass media. Final date for comments: Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or : 29 August 2016 | 
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