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

Regulations

Purchase

Vodka shall—

(a)	be produced by the distillation of any fermented, undiluted, harmless vegetable article or any fermented, with water diluted, harmless vegetable article, including any of the products mentioned in regulation 18(a), in a rectifying of fractionating column;

[Regulation 22(a) substituted by regulation 6 of Notice No. R. 555 of 2009]

(b)	unless flavoured, not have any distinctive characteristic, aroma, taste or colour;

[Regulation 22(b) substituted by regulation 22 of Notice No. R. 5976, GG52263, dated 14 March 2025]

(c)	if flavoured, have a taste and aroma which is clearly distinguishable from that of another class of spirit;

[Regulation 22(c) substituted by regulation 22 of Notice No. R. 5976, GG52263, dated 14 March 2025]

(d)	have a residual sugar content of not more than—

(i)	8,0 gram per litre; or

(ii)	100,0 gram per litre if flavoured; and

[Regulation 22(d) inserted by regulation 22 of Notice No. R. 5976, GG52263, dated 14 March 2025]

(e)	have an alcohol content of at least—

(i)	40 per cent; or

(ii)	35 per cent if flavoured.

[Regulation 22(e) inserted by regulation 22 of Notice No. R. 5976, GG52263, dated 14 March 2025]