Regulations of Guizhou Province on the Administration of Liquor Production and Circulation

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to standardize the order of liquor production and circulation, protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, producers and sellers, and promote the development of liquor industry, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Product Quality Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Food Safety Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and other relevant laws and regulations, combined with the actual situation of this province. Article 2 The production and circulation of alcoholic beverages within the administrative region of this province, as well as the supervision and management of the production and circulation of alcoholic beverages, shall abide by these regulations. Article 3 "Liquor" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to liquor with alcohol content (ethanol content) greater than 0.5 vol, including fermented liquor, distilled liquor, mixed liquor, edible alcohol and other liquors. However, the production of medicinal liquor and health food wine approved by the relevant administrative departments of the state according to law is excluded. Article 4 People's governments at all levels shall strengthen their leadership over the management of liquor production and circulation, promote the healthy development of the liquor industry and ensure the safety of liquor consumption.

The economic and trade administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level is responsible for formulating and implementing the liquor production planning and industrial layout, the quality and technical supervision department is responsible for the supervision and management of liquor production, and the commercial administrative department is responsible for the supervision and management of liquor circulation.

The relevant departments of industry and commerce, transportation, health, public security, environmental protection, price, inspection and quarantine of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and management of liquor production and circulation according to their respective duties. Article 5 Strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights of liquor, make full use of intellectual property rights systems such as trademarks, patents and geographical indications, improve the market competitiveness of liquor enterprises, and promote the development of liquor industry. Chapter II Production Management Article 6 Alcohol production shall conform to the national industrial policy, and the location of production enterprises shall conform to the requirements of the industrial development planning and urban and rural planning of this province. Article 7 Pre-packaged alcoholic products produced by alcoholic production enterprises shall be accompanied by qualification certificates, and the labels of pre-packaged alcoholic products shall comply with laws, regulations and relevant provisions of the state. Article 8 Where an enterprise produces and processes alcoholic beverages by means of entrusted processing, the period of entrusted production shall not exceed the validity period of the entrusted enterprise's Liquor Production License.

Entrusting the processing and production of liquor shall be filed with the provincial quality and technical supervision department where the entrusted enterprise and the entrusted enterprise are located; Where other alcoholic products are processed by entrustment, the entrusting party shall file with the quality and technical supervision department of the local city, prefecture people's government and regional administrative office respectively.

The name and address of the entrusted enterprise and the entrusted enterprise shall be indicated on the label of the liquor entrusted for processing. Article 9 The following acts are prohibited in alcohol production:

(1) Forging, altering or fraudulently using the liquor production license or producing liquor beyond the permitted scope;

(two) the use of methanol, non edible alcohol and other non edible raw materials to produce alcohol;

(three) fake, shoddy, adulterated, or pass off unqualified products as qualified products;

(4) Forging the origin of products, forging, fraudulently using or altering other people's factory names, addresses, trademarks, packaging, decoration, certification marks, international standard product marks, geographical marks, specialty marks, famous and excellent marks, etc.;

(five) the use of direct or indirect suggestive language, graphics and symbols on the labels of prepackaged drinks and wines, so that consumers will confuse a certain attribute of the purchased drinks and wines with another product; Express or imply that it has the function of preventing and treating diseases and has health care function;

(six) the use of toxic and harmful containers, tools and equipment for packaging, transportation and storage of alcohol;

(seven) other acts prohibited by laws and regulations. Tenth liquor production workshops must be registered by the local quality and technical supervision departments at or above the county level before they can engage in production activities.

Liquor production workshops shall not use alcohol to produce and process liquor, and shall not prepackage the products they produce. Article 11 A small liquor production workshop applying for registration shall meet the following conditions and submit the corresponding supporting documents:

(1) Having a fixed and legal production site and business license;

(2) Having funds, necessary production equipment, professional technicians and quality management personnel suitable for the production scale and products;

(three) in line with the requirements of the province's liquor production planning and industrial layout;

(4) adopting traditional techniques such as solid-state fermentation of pure grain;

(5) Having a sound and effective product quality control system;

(six) in accordance with the provisions of national and provincial environmental protection laws and regulations;

(seven) the products meet the national standards or industry standards, and meet the food safety standards or requirements;

(eight) other conditions stipulated by laws and regulations.

To meet the conditions specified in the preceding paragraph, the quality and technical supervision department shall, within 20 days from the date of accepting the application for filing and registration, issue a unified style of filing and registration certificate by the provincial quality and technical supervision department. Twelfth individual farmers and families in the local use of pure grain solid-state fermentation to produce non-prepackaged liquor, it should be reported in writing to the local township people's government. The people's governments of townships and towns shall strengthen management.

Producers specified in the preceding paragraph are prohibited from using alcohol to produce and process liquor, and the products they produce are prepackaged. Chapter III Circulation Management Article 13 A licensing system shall be implemented for liquor sales. Without a liquor sales license, liquor may not be sold.

Liquor produced by individual farmers and their families in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of these regulations may be sold without a sales license, but only in local or neighboring towns.