The State Excise department has seized the two leading brand of beer worth 25 crore after a chemical test report.
The State Excise department has seized the two leading brand of beer worth 25 crore after a chemical test report. This is unfit for human consumption said senior official on wednesday.
Apart from the case is registered, first forward initial steps to destory the stock of beer brand, Deputy Commissioner of Excise, mysuru rural, A Ravisankar told.
According to him, the Excise Superintendent of Nanjangud lodged a complaint with his office on July 28 stating that Kingfisher Strong Beer and Kingfisher Ultra Lager Beer with batch number 7C and 7E, which were manufactured at the Nanjangud unit of United Breweries Limited on July 17, 2023, have sediments and, hence, they have been sent for chemical examination.
The Excise Superintendent requested that till the time the lab test report comes, the stock should be seized, the officer said.
Mr Ravishankar said he wrote to the Deputy Commissioners of the districts and Excise Deputy Commissioners to hold back the stock with the two batch numbers. In the meantime, the samples were also sent to a lab for chemical examination.