Objectives of the Spirits Working Group

• Exchange of information on the production, composition and labelling of spirits and any associated problems
• Development of compromise solutions with regard to the legal assessment of spirits and beverages containing spirits
• Opinions on legislative proposals and amendments to existing legal regulations at EC and national level concerning spirits and beverages containing spirits
• Production of position papers on current topics

Members

Ombudsman

Johannes Fuchs
Bavarian State Office for Health
and Food Safety (LGL)
Luitpoldstr. 1
97082 Würzburg
Tel.: 0176-236180280
johannes.fuchs@lgl.bayern.de

Deputy Chairwoman

Dr Anja Heinlein
Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office Freiburg
Email: anja.heinlein@cvuafr.bwl.de

Secretary

Nicole Oschwald
SGS Institut Fresenius
nicole.oschwald@sgs.com

Term of office 2026 - 2028

• The representative of the BMELV, who was invited as a guest, reported on new or planned spirits legislation; He reported on EU law, in particular the implementing regulation on "compound terms" and the EU Food Information Regulation, as well as national spirits law (AGeV) and the technical documentation to be prepared for geographical indications (in particular grain/grain brandy); the changes for the alcohol and spirits market with regard to the abolition of the spirits monopoly from 1 January 2018 were also briefly discussed. January 2018 was also briefly discussed.
• Examples of compound terms with regard to the future implementing regulation; a collection of examples is suggested
• Whisky: production according to the wort method
• Labelling issues, e.g. "Vugelbeerpunsch", "Vugelbeerpunsch" and "Vugelbeerpunsch". "Vugelbeerpunsch", fruit spirit with fruit extract, mixture of fruit distillates
• Old bread spirit: Designation, raw materials used, production conditions
• Admissible additives for spirits
• Limit values for plasticisers
• Use of antibiotics
• Status of European data collection to establish a guide value for ethyl carbamate
• New elections of the chairman, his deputy and the secretary

• Use of compound terms, allusions and the term 'mixture' in the description and presentation of spirit drinks (2022) (pdf)
• Application of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 716/2013 with regard to the labelling of spirit drinks and other foodstuffs using compound terms or allusions (2015) (pdf)
• Ethyl carbamate in stone fruit spirits (2006, updated 2010) (pdf)
• Application of the amended Spirits Regulation (EC) No. 110/2008 (pdf)
  Here: Use of so-called "compound terms" (decision trees)
  developed by the LChG AG Spirits together with the BMELV

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