SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 This guide outlines considerations for selecting assessors who will evaluate alcoholic beverages and recommends procedures for the evaluation of specific alcoholic beverages.  
4.2 This guide gives practical suggestions to maximize assessor safety and minimize the liabilities of the person or corporation responsible for administering sensory evaluations of alcoholic beverages, while recording assessors’ responses to those beverages using sound scientific principles.  
4.3 This guide provides examples of informed consent forms for both Central Location Tests and Home Use Tests (see Appendix X2 – Appendix X4).
SCOPE
1.1 This guide provides guidelines specific to the sensory and consumer evaluation of alcoholic beverages, including but not limited to beer, wine, coolers, cocktails, ready to drinks, liqueurs, hard ciders, hard seltzers, and distilled spirits.  
1.2 This guide covers assessor selection, sample preparation, serving protocols, and evaluation recommendations for specific alcoholic products.  
1.3 This guide addresses safety, regulatory, and legal concerns, but does not cover all legal rules for alcohol and sensory evaluation around the world. It is the responsibility of the user to be aware of their current local laws and regulations, corporate policies and procedures, and confirm they haven’t changed since publication.  
1.4 This guide does not cover the evaluation of raw materials or specific test methods.  
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.  
1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

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This document specifies dimensions of a series of deep screw finishes for the closure of wines with a CO2 content below 1,2 g per litre.
NOTE   Carbonation ≥ 1,2 g/l CO2 requires a suitable container and closure agreed between the glass maker, closure maker and packer/filler.

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This European Standard specifies a gas chromatographic method using mass spectrometric detection for the determination of ethyl carbamate (EC) in stone fruit spirits, fruit marc spirits and other spirit drinks.
The method has been validated in an interlaboratory study for stone fruit spirits and fruit liqueurs, at levels ranging from 0,253 mg/l to 1,11 mg/l. However, linearity of the instrument response was proven for the concentration ranges 0,10 mg/l to 4,0 mg/l (simplified method) and 0,025 mg/l to 3,0 mg/l (procedure including sample clean-up), respectively.

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This European Standard specifies a gas chromatographic method using mass spectrometric detection for the determination of ethyl carbamate (EC) in stone fruit spirits, fruit marc spirits and other spirit drinks.
The method has been validated in an interlaboratory study for stone fruit spirits and fruit liqueurs, at levels ranging from 0,253 mg/l to 1,11 mg/l. However, linearity of the instrument response was proven for the concentration ranges 0,10 mg/l to 4,0 mg/l (simplified method) and 0,025 mg/l to 3,0 mg/l (procedure including sample clean-up), respectively.

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This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of ochratoxin A content in wine and beer using immunoaffinity column clean up and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), see [2] and [3]. This method has been validated in an interlaboratory study according to AOAC International Guidelines [4] for collaborative study procedures to validate characteristics of a method of analysis for the determination of ochratoxin A in wine and beer via the analysis of naturally contaminated and spiked samples of wine and beer at
levels ranging from 0,1 ng/ml to 3 ng/ml.

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This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of ochratoxin A content in wine and beer using immunoaffinity column clean up and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), see [2] and [3]. This method has been validated in an interlaboratory study according to AOAC International Guidelines [4] for collaborative study procedures to validate characteristics of a method of analysis for the determination of ochratoxin A in wine and beer via the analysis of naturally contaminated and spiked samples of wine and beer at
levels ranging from 0,1 ng/ml to 3 ng/ml.

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This European Standard specifies dimensions of a series of deep screw finishes for the closure of wines with a CO2 content below 1,2 grams per litre.
NOTE   Carbonation >1,2 g/l CO2 requires a suitable container and closure agreed between the glass maker, closure maker and packer/filler.

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This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of ochratoxin A content in wine and beer using immunoaffinity column clean up and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), see [2], [3].
This method has been validated in an interlaboratory study according to AOAC International Guidelines [4] for collaborative study procedures to validate characteristics of a method of analysis for the determination of ochratoxin A in wine and beer via the analysis of naturally contaminated and spiked samples of wine and beer at levels ranging from 0,1 ng/ml to 3 ng/ml.

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This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of ochratoxin A content in wine and beer using immunoaffinity column clean up and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), see [2], [3].
This method has been validated in an interlaboratory study according to AOAC International Guidelines [4] for collaborative study procedures to validate characteristics of a method of analysis for the determination of ochratoxin A in wine and beer via the analysis of naturally contaminated and spiked samples of wine and beer at levels ranging from 0,1 ng/ml to 3 ng/ml.

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