In December 2013 the Chairman of the Russian Brewers Union Isaak Sheps addressed a request to the First Deputy Chairman of the Government A.V. Dvorkovich to amend the current legislation in terms of reducing malt share in beer production from 80% to 50% and not to follow the recommendations of the Federal Service for Alcohol […]

It is referred to the ban on selling beer, beer beverages, mead, cider and poire by individual entrepreneurs in the retail outlets located in the residential units. The Concept of the document was created by the Department for Legal, Organizational and Personnel Work with participation of the Department for Government Public Security of the Ulyanovsk […]

According to the confirmed information of our Union, the Russian Government is introducing minimal retail prices for alcohol products. Earlier the minimum retail price was fixed for products with alcohol content over 40% but recently the price was fixed to drinks with alcohol content over 28% and now – a new stage, the minimum retail […]

According to the confirmed information of our Union about extending powers of the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation (http://barley-malt.ru/?p=5613&lang=en), the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation D.A. Medvedev signed the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dd. 18.03.2014 “On Act Amendments Concerning the Rationalization of the Government Regulation of Alcohol […]

The Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation drafted the Departmental Order “Concerning Capacity Calculation Methods of the Core Process Equipment for Production of Ethyl Alcohol or Alcohol-Containing Products”. The Union “Barley, Malt, Hops & Beer in Russia” thanks the market regulator for order amendments recommended by our Union, in particular, about excluding the statement in […]

The Ministry of Agriculture prepared a draft bill “Concerning Amendments of the Order of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food No 707 dd. 18.10.1999 about approval of disposal and shipment procedure for agricultural crop seeds. The draft bill was introduced due to the Summary No 01/2448-АК of the Ministry of Justice dd. 16.01.2014 “Concerning Countermanding […]

We’d like to bring to your notice the research paper as assigned by the Labor Chamber in Austria “Aspects of impact of beverage package on health” allowing to study questions concerning use of PET-containers for food products in detail. The research paper is available for download here.