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

6B. Requirements regarding traditional African beer

 

(1) Traditional African beer shall—

(a)

(i) be produced by the alcoholic fermentation of malted grain of sorghum, maize, finger millet or pearl millet, or unmalted grain or meal of sorghum, maize, finger millet or pearl millet;
(ii) be in a state of alcoholic fermentation, or not have its alcoholic fermentation arrested;
(iii) contain at least four per cent solids derived from the grain or meal referred to in subparagraph (i); and
(iv) not contain or be flavoured with hops or any product derived from hops;
(b) be a powder, which—
(i) comprises not more than three parts by mass of milled sorghum or maize malt;
(ii) comprises not less than seven parts by mass of milled, precooked maize or unmalted sorghum grain or meal; and
(iii) does not contain or is not flavoured with hops or any product derived from hops; and
(c) be produced in such a manner that it is of a prescribed class and complies with the prescribed requirements for the class concerned.

 

(2) Traditional African beer shall not contain a particular prescribed substance to a greater extent than that prescribed.

 

(3) No person shall, either before, during or after the production of a traditional African beer
(a) add to or remove from the raw materials, in processed form or not, or the traditional African beer produced therefrom, any substance other than a substance prescribed for this purpose; and
(b) add or remove a substance prescribed under paragraph (a), otherwise than in accordance with the prescribed manner or conditions.

 

[Section 6B inserted by section 5 of the Liquor Products Amendment Act, 2021 (Act no 8 of 2021), Notice No. 567 of GG45179, dated 17 September 2021 - effective 1 August 2023 as per Proclamation Notice 132 of 2023]