The Russian Quality System (Roskachestvo) anticipates the approval of a GOST standard for Russian beer by Rosstandart (Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology) in the third quarter of the current year. This was announced on Wednesday, April 22nd, by the head of Roskachestvo, Maxim Protasov.
“I want to reconfirm that the key decision is the codification of criteria for Russian beer in the GOST standard. I also want to state today that we believe the GOST will be adopted and approved by Rosstandart in the third quarter of this year, and will come into effect,” Protasov stated.
It is clarified that only beer produced in Russia, with a manufacturer registered in the country and a trademark belonging to Russian citizens, will be considered Russian. This information is reported by TASS.
