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Is wine a food in law?
1. According to the provisions of the Food Safety Law, alcoholic products are within the concept of food.

2. Food refers to the food that people can eat. Wine belongs to the category of drinks in food, and naturally belongs to food.

3. The chemical composition of liquor is ethanol, which generally contains a small amount of fusel alcohol and esters. The concentration of edible liquor is generally below 60 degrees (that is, 60%) (a few are above 60 degrees). The purity of medical alcohol and anhydrous alcohol reached over 75% and 99.5%, respectively. Wine is made from fermented grains.

China is the first country to make wine. Brewing technology was invented as early as 2000, and it has been continuously improved. At present, it has developed to produce beverages and alcoholic beverages with various concentrations and tastes, and extracted medical alcohol with a concentration of over 95% and anhydrous alcohol with a concentration of 99.99% for industrial, medical and scientific experiments.

As a brewery and liquor factory, the hygiene license and product quality are managed by the Food Inspection Institute. Food quality must meet two standards: product standard and hygiene standard. Among them, health standards are national mandatory standards and must be implemented.