The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the EU has drafted a shortlist of substances that EU ministers and MEPs could approve as a restricted range of denaturants making alcohol unfit for human consumption. These are used in products such as perfume.This will help harmonise denaturing practices across the EU: denatured alcoholic beverages are exempt from excise duties - but member states approving different agents may create loopholes for fraudsters.
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