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Caribbean Community ≠ EDICT OF GOVERNMENT ± In order to promote public education and public safety, equal justice for all, a better informed citizenry, the rule of law, world trade and world peace, this legal document is hereby made available on a noncommercial basis, as it is the right of all humans to know and speak the laws that govern them. CRS 25 (2008) (English): CARICOM Rum Standard CARICOM REGIONAL STANDARD FOR RUM Specifications CRS 25: 2008 (formerly CCS 0025: 1992) Caribbean Community CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) “The Heritage”, 35 Pine Road Belleville, St Michael Barbados, BB11113 T: 246.437.6146 | F: 246.437.4569 Website: http://www.crosq.org © CRS 2008 – All rights reserved Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission. CARICOM REGIONAL STANDARD FOR RUM Specifications CRS 25: 2008 CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) “The Heritage”, 35 Pine Road Belleville, St Michael Barbados, BB11113 T: 246.437.6146 | F: 246.437.4569 Website: http://www.crosq.org © CRS 2008 – All rights reserved ISBN 978-976-95187-0-4 ICS 67.160.60 CRS 25: 2008 AMENDMENTS ISSUED SINCE PUBLICATION AMENDMENT NO. DATE OF ISSUE TEXT AFFECTED ii CRS 25: 2008 ATTACHMENT PAGE FOR CRS AMENDMENT SHEETS iii CRS 25: 2008 Committee Representation Specification Committee The Specification Committee responsible for the formulation of this Caricom Regional Standard was principally constituted from Members of the regional association WIRSPA (West Indian Rum and Spirits Association). Comments from Stakeholders throughout the CARICOM Member states were also solicited and incorporated in this current document. iv CRS 25: 2008 Contents Foreword ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1 Scope ...................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Definitions .............................................................................................................................. 2 3 General requirements. ........................................................................................................... 3 4 Packaging .............................................................................................................................. 4 5 Labelling ................................................................................................................................. 5 6 Sampling ................................................................................................................................ 6 7 Quality of reagents ................................................................................................................ 6 Annex A Determination of ethyl alcohol ........................................................................................... 7 Annex B Determination of artificial colour ....................................................................................... 9 Annex C Determination of methyl alcohol ...................................................................................... 11 Annex D Scale of sampling ............................................................................................................. 13 Annex E Determination of ethyl carbamate .................................................................................... 15 Tables Table 1 — Specifications and methods of test for rum ............................................................. …..4 v CRS 25: 2008 (This page was intentionally left blank.) vi