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Purchase and Bottling of Spirits Regulation.

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Québec
Document type
Regulation
Date
1985 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Viticulture/oenological practices Packaging/labelling Traceability/product tracing International trade Authorization/permit Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The holder of a distiller’s permit may, under this Regulation, purchase or bottle the following spirits, whose composition is described hereunder: (1) armagnac: wine spirits made in the Armagnac region of France; (2) brandy: spirits obtained exclusively from distillation of the product of fermentation of grapes to which no sugar has been added; brandy must contain a total quantity of volatile elements, other than ethanol, in excess of 150 grammes/hectolitre of pure alcohol; (3) cognac: wine spirits made in the Cognac region of France; (4) dry gin: spirits obtained exclusively from redistillation of rectified grain alcohol, with the addition of aromatic substances and especially of juniper berries; no sugar may be added after redistillation; (5) rum: spirits obtained exclusively from the distillation of the product of wash of molasses or of syrups obtained from the manufacture of cane sugar or of undefecated sugar cane juice; rum must contain a total quantity of volatile elements, other than ethanol, in excess of 200 grammes/hectolitre of pure alcohol, except light rum, which must contain not less than 60 grammes/hectolitre of pure alcohol; no sugar may be added after distillation; (6) tequila or mescal: spirits made by fermentation of the sap of the agave cactus or mescal cactus, distilled in Mexico; (7) vodka: spirits obtained exclusively from processing of rectified grain or potato alcohol, in the presence of activated charcoal so that the product has no distinctive character, aroma or taste; no sugar may be added after distillation; (8) Scotch whisky: whisky distilled in Scotland as Scotch whisky; (9) Irish whisky: whisky distilled in Northern Ireland or in the Republic of Ireland. The holder of a distiller’s permit is also authorized to purchase or bottle in Québec on behalf of a foreign supplier the spirits designated by the following names provided that they are intended for sale outside Canada: (1) brandy; (2) dry gin; (3) rum; (4) vodka. The holder of a distiller’s permit who, when the spirits covered by section 1 are bottled, mixes or alters such spirits, may not attribute to such spirits their original names unless he satisfies the following conditions: (1) any mixture with other spirits is made with spirits of the name and the same place of origin; (2) any reduction in alcoholic strength to the degree required is made by adding distilled or demineralized water; and (3) any correction of the colour is made by adding caramel.

Full text
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Website
www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca