Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

Notices

Authorisation to sell sacramental beverage

4. Requirements for sacramental beverages

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A sacramental beverage shall—

(a)be obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of a mixture consisting of the juice of fresh grapes to which cane sugar has been added;
(b)be produced or manufactured in such a manner that not more than 45 per cent of the total sugar content of the mixture referred to in paragraph (a) prior to fermentation is derived from cane sugar;
(c)[Section 4(c) deleted by section 2 of Notice No. R. 1696 of 1995]
(d)have a volatile acidity, calculated as acetic acid, of not more than 1,2 gram per litre; and
(e)contain not more than 200 mg of sulphur dioxide per litre, of which not more than 50 mg per litre may be in the form of free sulphur dioxide.