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Wine Standards Management Plan Code of Practice Fruit Wine, Cider, Mead

9 Dealing with Contaminated Wine

Amendment 0 / Version 1

April 2008

• If contamination occurs in wine:

• quarantine the wine until it can be re-processed to remove the contamination, or

• if the contamination cannot be removed, consider the wine unfit for human consumption and ensure that it is appropriately disposed of; and

• clean and, if necessary, sanitise affected plant and equipment prior to reuse; and

• maintain records of contamination incidents.