Several liquor quality test reports not compliant with BIS norms: CAG report
liquor wholesalers failed to submit mandatory quality test verifying compliance with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) norms while reports of water quality, harmful ingredients, heavy metals, methyl alcohol, microbiological were not submitted for various brands, according to a CAG report tabled in the Delhi assembly on Tuesday. The report on the previous AAP government's 2021-22 excise policy also pointed out that in 51 per cent of foreign liquor test cases, reports were either older than 1 year, missing, or had no date.
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Ensuring that the liquor supplied in Delhi conforms to prescribed quality standards is the responsibility of the excise department, the report said, adding that rules make it mandatory for the wholesalers to submit various test reports at the time of issue of licenses.
«Audit observed a number of instances where test reports were not compliant with BIS Specifications and the Excise Department issued licenses despite major shortcomings. Important test reports of water quality, harmful ingredients, heavy metals, methyl alcohol, microbiological tests reports etc., were not submitted for various brands,» it stated.
The report, one of 14 on the previous Aam Aadmi Party government's performance to be tabled by the new Rekha Gupta-led dispensation, flagged that some test reports submitted by licensees were from such labs which were
