OREANDA-NEWS. November 14, 2011. Belarus has raised its voice against including beer into the Customs Union’s Regulation on safety of alcohol products, which is now being adjusted by CU participant states.

Belarusian brewers believe beer should be excluded from the regulation as the brewing technology has little in common with distillation. As a product of fermentation, beer is less prone to counterfeiting than traditional alcohol products, and for that reason it must be excluded from the Regulation.