8. Safety Parameters

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Beers, RTDs, Whisky
Philippines

This section provides the safety parameters (microbiological, contaminants, heavy metals, pesticides, veterinary residues, and food contact materials).

8.1 Microbiological Standards

	Provision, Limits, Testing Methods
Foodstuff/General Food Category	Beverages, excluding dairy products [1]: No reference criteria or limits [2, 3, 4].
Category *Alcoholic beverages*	Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts [1]: No reference criteria or limits [2, 3, 4].
Product Beer, Alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages, and *Whisky*	Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Grape wines Still grape wine Sparkling and semi-sparkling grape wines Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and sweet grape wine Wines (other than grape) Mead Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) [1] Same as category (Alcoholic beverages) above.

8.2 Contaminants and Heavy Metals

	Provision, Limits, Testing Methods
Foodstuff/General Food Category	Beverages, excluding dairy products [1].
Category *Alcoholic beverages*	Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts [1]: Methanol may be present in alcoholic beverages provided that it shall be derived from the natural alcohol fermentation process and not added, see Section 6.2 of this guidebook [4, 5].
Product *Beer,* Alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages, and W*hisky*	Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Grape wines Still grape wine Sparkling and semi-sparkling grape wines Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and sweet grape wine Wines (other than grape) Mead Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) [1] Same as category (Alcoholic beverages) above.

8.3 Pesticides

	Provision, Limits, Testing Methods
Foodstuff/General Food Category	Beverages, excluding dairy products [1].
Category *Alcoholic beverages*	Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts [1]: No reference criteria or limits [4] and in Codex Pesticides Residues in Food Online Database: Commodity Categories [7].
Product *Beer,* Alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages, and *Whisky*	Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Grape wines Still grape wine Sparkling and semi-sparkling grape wines Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and sweet grape wine Wines (other than grape) Mead Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) [1] Same as category (Alcoholic beverages) above.

8.4 Veterinary Standards

	Provision, Limits, Testing Methods
Foodstuff/General Food Category	Beverages, excluding dairy products [1]
Category *Alcoholic beverages*	Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts [1]: No reference criteria or limits [6]
Product *Beer,* Alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages, and *Whisky*	Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Grape wines Still grape wine Sparkling and semi-sparkling grape wines Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and sweet grape wine Wines (other than grape) Mead Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) [1] Same as category (Alcoholic beverages) above.

8.5 Food Contact Materials

Please refer to the other reports on packaging requirements for food contact materials and packaging requirements for food contact materials (hygiene standard) for the Philippines.

8.6 References

1. FDA Circular No. 2020-033: Procedure for the Use of Modified Electronic Registration System for Raw Materials and Prepackaged Food Products

https://www.fda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FDA-Circular-No.2020-033-1-128.pdf

2. FDA Circular No. 2022-012: Guidelines on the Microbiological Requirements and Assessment of Certain Prepackaged Processed Food Products Repealing FDA Circular No. 2013-010 entitled “Revised Guidelines for the Assessment of Microbiological Quality of Processed Foods

https://www.fda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FDA-Circular-No.2022-12-2.pdf

3. FDA Circular No. 2013-010: Revised Guidelines for the Assessment of Microbiological Quality of Processed Foods

https://www.fda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FDA-Circular-No.2022-12-2.pdf

4. FDA Circular No. 2014-014: Minimum Number of Sample Units Required for Each Test Analysis

https://www.fda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/FC2014-014-Minimun-Numbers-of-Samples-Units-Required-for-Each-Test-Analysis.pdf

5. Memorandum Circular NO. 13 s. 1989: Methanol Content in Alcohol Beverages as defined by Memo-Circular 88-003

https://www.fda.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Memorandum-Circular-No.-13-s.-1989.pdf

6. Codex Veterinary Drug Residue in Food Online Database

https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/vetdrugs/veterinary-drugs/en/

7. Codex Pesticides Residues in Food Online Database: Commodity Categories

https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/pestres/commodities/en

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