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Ministerial Decision No. 389 establishing the percentages of raw materials to be used for the production of beer using malt in combination with wheat.

Country/Territory
Greece
Document type
Regulation
Date
2009
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 2601, Part II, 31 December 2009, pp. 31689 and 31690.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Beverages Standards
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
The Decision enters into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

This Decision approves the percentages of raw materials for the production of beer with components: malt in percentage at least 50 percent and wheat up to 50 percent, water, hop and yeast. The process of making this type of beer shall be similar with the one followed for the production of beer made out of malt. Receiving of malt and wheat quantities, on behalf of the brewery, as raw materials for beer production, shall be done after relative notification to the competent authority. In general the process of control of the raw materials for the production of wheat beer should be similar with the process of control for malt beer.

Full text
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