The problem of quality and safety of alcohol products

Abstract

This article considers the main problems of quality and safety of alcohol products, as well as possible ways to solve this problem. Alcohol is one of the most common psychoactive substances in the world. The quality and safety of alcohol products and ethyl alcohol are often threatened and cause serious concerns from consumers, government agencies, and the general public. Many alcohol producers are interested in creating products with the maximum amount of alcohol and the minimum cost. This leads to the use of low-grade ingredients, the mixing of different types of alcohol, and a significant increase in alcohol content to critical levels. This can cause even more serious consequences for people's health, especially for those who already have problems with alcohol addiction. One of the urgent problems of Russian consumer market is adulteration of alcohol products sold to population through retail trade network. Consumption of adulterated alcoholic beverages is dangerous to life due to high content of toxic impurities. Even a slight excess of impurities can cause intoxication of the human body, having toxic, allergenic, immunomodulatory, genotoxic effect that negatively affects the reproduction function, hormonal regulation. In order to solve the problem of quality and safety of alcohol products, it is necessary to carry out its qualitative control at each stage of production. This will help to exclude the use of low-quality raw materials, improper combination of components and violation of technological processes. To combat unlicensed production, it is necessary to toughen penalties for its implementation. It is also necessary to monitor the market and identify cases of sale of illegal products.