The Excise Department (Bengaluru Urban district) has issued a notification withholding the sale of beer of one brand bottled on July 15 after it was found unsafe for consumption. The order, issued on August 2, stated that sediments were formed in those bottles on that date at a brewery of United Breweries Limited (UBL).
According to a senior official in the department, over 11,000 bottles were part of the batch. The department has directed the Karnataka State Beverages Corporation Limited licence holders and Retail Vend of Beer (RVB) to immediately stop the sale of the two products bottled on July 15 until further order.
S.L. Rajendra Prasad, Additional Commissioner, said an investigation team has also been formed by the department to analyse samples from the batch further. “The UBL has admitted the presence of sediment in one brand, and it has requested further analysis in the second brand. The department will arrive at a further decision once analysis is complete,” he said.
