Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01250:reg:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01250
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5
Character Range: 1177–2684

5  Sampling and analysis
    (1)    The strength of an alcoholic beverage must be worked out by analysing samples of the product after it has reached its final alcoholic strength.
    (2)    Sufficient samples must be taken from each product in an importation to ensure the measurements accurately reflect the actual strength of the alcoholic beverage.
    (3)    The strength of an alcoholic beverage:
       (a) is taken to be the average of the strength of all the sample measurements; and
        (b) is to be expressed as a percentage, as if the alcohol were measured at a temperature of 20 °C.
    (4)    If a calculation for the purpose of ascertaining the strength of an alcoholic beverage is made by reference to the specific gravity of alcohol, the specific gravity of alcohol in relation to water is 0.79067, in a vacuum at 20 °C.

6 Measuring & equipment
    (1)    The instruments used to measure the alcoholic strength of an alcoholic beverage, including hydrometers, thermometers, and weighing instruments, must conform to legal requirements pertaining to measurement.
    (2)    The methods that may be used are:
          1. gas chromatography;
          2. near infra-red spectrometry;
          3. distillation followed by the gravimetric measurement of the distillate or by measurement in a density meter; or
          4. any other method capable of measuring the alcoholic strength of an alcoholic beverage to an accuracy of plus or minus 0.2 percentage points of the actual strength.