A.P. to introduce new parameters to test liquor quality
The HinduMinister for Excise Kollu Ravindra on Wednesday said the State government is introducing new standards and procedures to ensure quality of liquor. In a statement on Wednesday, the Minister said the process, which is presently limited to testing only extra-neutral alcohol based on six parameters, would be thoroughly modernised. Until now, regional excise laboratories tested ENA based on basic parameters such as ethyl alcohol, acidity, aldehydes, methanol and water content. This method, now available in regional probationary and excise laboratories in Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Chittoor, Kurnool and Kakinada ensures that all types of liquor are tested according to the guidelines and regulations of the Bureau of Indian Standards and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, he said.