Comptroller-General of Customs (Strength of Alcoholic Beverages) Determination 2019
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6 Measuring & equipment
(1) The instruments used to measure the alcoholic strength of an alcoholic beverage, including hydrometers, thermometers, and weighing instruments, must conform to legal requirements pertaining to measurement. (2) The methods that may be used are:
gas chromatography; near infra-red spectrometry; distillation followed by the gravimetric measurement of the distillate or by measurement in a density meter; or any other method capable of measuring the alcoholic strength of an alcoholic beverage to an accuracy of plus or minus 0.2 percentage points of the actual strength.