Singapore legislation

Regulation 200

of Food Regulations

Regulation 200

Cereal grain wine and Chinese wine

Subregulation 1

Cereal grain wine and Chinese wine or “chiew” (“jiu”) or “samsu” shall be the product of the alcoholic fermentation of any wholesome cereal grain.

Subregulation 2

No cereal grain “wine” or Chinese wine shall be labelled with the word “wine” unless the name of the cereal from which it is made or the Chinese name of the product is spelt out in English immediately preceding the word “wine”. The names shall be in letters of the same size and colour as those for the word “wine”.

Subregulation 3

Every container or receptacle containing cereal grain wine or Chinese wine shall bear a label indicating the alcohol content.