Check the bottle against the excise stamp. How to distinguish real alcohol from fake

Hello, dear readers! Today I propose to talk about what counterfeiting is, how to deal with it, and how alcohol is checked using the excise stamp.

Did you think that surrogate drinks are protected so reliably that it would be impossible to calculate them with some knowledge? That excise tax can be bought at any Soyuzpechat stall and not be held liable? We will try to figure out how excise tax can serve as a guarantee of quality, and how the process of obtaining certification is monitored.

It is believed that the excise stamp was invented by the state solely for the purpose of obtaining tax on the sale of alcohol, so that the tax office could regulate the alcohol market and influence the price. This is partly true, but a simple distinctive sign can also protect the health of the consumer and warn him against buying quality products. To know everything about excise duty, I will try to describe the main verification methods and nuances that will show that this is a fake.

How to spot a fake yourself

1. Mindfulness

Remember the children's game "Find the Differences". When you pick up a bottle of alcoholic drink in a supermarket, it’s time to remember your powers of observation and see if all the degrees of protection are on the sticker that holds the container and lid together.

Counterfeiting any means of protection is a costly business, which is why excise forms often pay attention to the simplest aspects, while complex levels are ignored. 4 nuances that are worth paying attention to:

  • Inkjet stamp number;
  • Barcode;
  • Foil holographic image;
  • Information about the manufacturing plant, security level, release date.

2. Scan

If you buy alcohol not at a kiosk but at a market that respects its reputation, there must be a special scanner there. He may be waiting for you at the reception desk. Just scan it excise stamp, so that the electronics check all levels of compliance. Although, according to experts, even with such a check you will not be given 100% guarantees.

3. Measure seven times


Each excise sticker has its own size. For alcoholic drinks it is installed in two versions: 90x26 and 62x21. If the dimensions do not correspond to those specified, or have uneven or wrinkled edges, you should be wary.

Another nuance is that on a large stamp the upper part is separated from the larger lower golden thread. It does not erase, does not smear, and can be pulled out of the paper if necessary.

4. Little tricks

Surrogate alcohol should be low in cost, so spending money on counterfeit protection is not in the interests of bootleggers. In order to make it easier for the consumer to display counterfeit goods on clean water on protective parcels (stamps) they came up with small, invisible at first glance fragments.

Knowing about them, identifying the original will not be difficult. Such invisible signs of originality include:

  • At the top of the text, the word “brand” is written in a negative stripe, and “FMS” in a positive one;
  • The hologram diamonds contain a pattern with the “RF” logo woven into it in the central part;
  • The strip with the inscription “Federal special stamp” gradually changing colors, goes from a negative print to a positive one;
  • The excise paper itself is made in the form of self-adhesive and does not have luminescence;
  • Fibers are scattered over the entire surface; they may be non-luminescent red or luminescent yellow-red.

Video instruction

Video instructions on how to distinguish a fake excise stamp from a real one

Checking via the Internet

There are several ways to check the protection of a liquor online.


Last chance

There is another 100% verification option, but it is more likely to be used by relatives or police authorities in the event of death or alcohol poisoning. This is a forensic examination conducted by the Forensic Science Center.


Here the liquid will be broken down into its components and molecules and it will be determined whether it corresponds to the lofty name of the ethyl-containing potion or is a fake. They will also study excise duty here. They will probably even determine what equipment it was printed on. Only these measures will be a reaction to the event that we are planning to prevent.

Conclusion

Knowledge about the levels of protection of alcoholic beverages and ways to verify their originality, of course, gives you additional guarantees when purchasing, but does not at all protect you from skillful, expensive counterfeiting. After all, the stereotype that a surrogate is made only in the form of burnt vodka has long outlived itself and in our realities, elite, expensive alcohol is of greater interest.

Now you are armed necessary knowledge and you have less chance of running into a fake. But I still highly recommend reading the article about methyl alcohol poisoning. This is a very terrible poison, the intake of which in most cases leads to blindness and even to of death. In case of methyl poisoning, the clock is ticking and it is extremely important to have the necessary information to take the necessary measures.

This is where I end. I would like to advise you to buy alcohol only in specialized stores and still pay attention to the excise tax, because it is printed for us! Subscribe to my blog updates, share interesting facts on social networks, and receive fresh and reliable information first-hand!

Until we meet again, Pavel Dorofeev.

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Barcode on the label

The barcode carries a lot of information, in particular:

  • About the country of origin;
  • About the name of the product, its category;
  • About the expiration date;
  • About the authenticity of the digital code;

It seems that there is nothing difficult about faking a label, but the combination of numbers at the end of a 13-digit barcode allows you to identify an error. The verification system is so simple, so fake barcodes are stamped without taking into account the payment system, which is why they are caught during verification. And attempts to take into account the peculiarities of verification do not produce tangible results.

Barcodes can be of 2 types: 13- and 12-digit, depending on the country using this system. For example, in the European system the code consists of 13 digits, and in Canada and the USA it consists of 12 characters.

The International Product Accounting System has developed an individual code for each country for ease of reading the information.


You can check the barcode by downloading an application for your phone's operating system. You can use the service and check alcohol and more alcoholic products online.

Code review

How to check the authenticity of the code:

  • Manually
  • Automatically

To manually check, you need to add up the numbers in even positions and multiply the resulting number by 3, add this indicator with the sum of odd numbers, except for the last one, which is the control. For the resulting number, you must use the units exponent, subtracting this figure from 10. The resulting value must match the last digit of the barcode.

To automatically check, you only need to enter the barcode correctly, click in the “Check” field and evaluate the result. If the code is genuine, then it is highlighted with a green background; if it is fake, then the corresponding inscription appears.

There are several reasons why the numbers corresponding to the country of origin do not show the name they should, this could be due to several reasons:

  • The main plant has representatives and subsidiaries in other countries, although the brand will be retained.
  • If you have a license, the product can be manufactured in another country on behalf of a foreign manufacturer;
  • The company was registered in another country. In this case, all products will be labeled at the registration address.
  • If the company consists of several foreign founders, then the country code can be any of all the founding countries.

Knowing these subtleties, you can avoid purchasing counterfeit and low-quality products.

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Indicators of excellent alcohol

Any alcoholic drink has its own indicators and quality characteristics. Alcohol products differ in the following nuances:

  • aroma;
  • fortress;
  • color spectrum;
  • flavors;
  • power of influence on the body.

They check the quality and authenticity of alcoholic products in specialized laboratories. You can order this check yourself by paying for the service. But you can determine your alcohol level yourself. There are many effective ways to do this.

Determining the authenticity of vodka

To determine the quality of one of the most consumed alcoholic beverages in Russia, you should know external signs authentic drink. Vodka is checked according to the following criteria:

  1. Taste.
  2. Color.
  3. Smell.

Therefore, you should not purchase vodka bottled in dark, opaque containers. Fortress quality vodka must be 40-56%. You can determine the temperature using a home alcohol meter.

According to statistics, in Russia, about 35-40 people are poisoned and killed every day using surrogate vodka with an existing excise stamp.

Good vodka will not contain any additional suspensions or impurities. It is soft in taste and has a distinct vodka aroma. When testing, the vodka liquid should not irritate or burn the laryngeal mucosa. Try rubbing a drop of vodka in your palm. A high-quality drink will not release any additional flavors (acetone, vinegar and other chemicals).

Studying aromatic foam

For beer, the main thing is the foam. Moreover, when drinking alcohol is spilled, there should not be too much or too little foam. The optimal foam level is medium in size, quite thick and rich. So, how to determine the quality of aromatic hops by the foamy layer.

No foam:

  • beer is heavily diluted with water;
  • hypothermia is present;
  • lacks carbon dioxide.

Too much foam:

  • the drink is too warm;
  • excess of intoxicating carbon dioxide;
  • improper pouring of foam into glasses.

A very significant factor is the stability of the foam. It shows the level of maturity of the foam. A good, high-quality hop foam will have a thick foam, with a layer thickness of 4-5 mm. And it will not leave the surface for about 1-1.5 minutes. Experts advise drinking beer at a temperature of +8-10⁰С.

Determining the quality of wine

This skill is very relevant. In our country in Lately Too many fake wines made from powder have appeared. Although this type alcohol has all the necessary papers and permits, it cannot be considered real wine.

First of all, the quality of a wine is determined by its aroma. A too strong, repulsive odor indicates a poor alcohol level. And here true wine will delight the user with a whole bouquet of successive pleasant aromas. To better appreciate the wine aroma, pour the alcohol into a wide container and shake a little:

  1. High-quality wine will slowly flow down the sides of the glass.
  2. When you add 2-3 drops of glycerin to it, low-quality alcohol will turn an unusual color.

How not to make a mistake when choosing when buying

Of course, the store won’t let you try alcohol, open a bottle, or smell it. Tasting in the sales area is not provided. Therefore, alcohol is bought almost blindly. How not to make a mistake? To do this, you need to carefully study the container in which the drink is poured and the label of the bottle.

Pay attention to the label of the alcohol. Using it, or rather, using the barcode printed on it, you can find out the manufacturer. Experts do not advise buying products from countries that do not inspire confidence. The label must also contain the following information:

  • compound;
  • the date of bottling;
  • best before date;
  • Manufacturer country;
  • the type of alcohol sold.

An unevenly glued, crookedly placed label should alert the consumer. This is a direct indication that such alcohol is produced by handicraft, clandestine methods and can be poisonous and dangerous. And remember that a full quality check of alcoholic products can be carried out in a specialized laboratory.

It is better to seek the help of specialists if alcohol is purchased in large quantities for a major celebration. And never buy alcohol from hand or from unverified, questionable places.

We check alcohol using the excise stamp

The original purpose of creating excise stamps was to obtain a stable tax on the sale of alcohol. The state thus influenced the cost alcohol products and monitored the entire alcohol market. The history of this distinctive sign has its own characteristics. Look at the photos of old excise stamps for alcohol and compare them with modern ones:

This simple sign (if you know some rules) helps to distinguish counterfeit surrogate alcohol products from alcohol good quality. To accurately identify a fake, familiarize yourself with the basic rules of verification.

be careful

When you find yourself in the next supermarket in search of good quality alcohol, use all your powers of observation. You will need it when studying the excise stamp. First of all, check the quality of the gluing of the paper holding the bottle itself and the cap together.

Know that counterfeiting is a long and quite expensive process. Therefore, for the most part, handicraft manufacturers of surrogates always pay more attention to simple and uncomplicated aspects. But they ignore complex levels of protection. Experts highlight four points that need to be paid attention to:

  • correct barcode;
  • The excise stamp number is always inkjet printed;
  • the image on the excise tax is foil and holographic;
  • Information about the release date, security level and manufacturer must be present.

Pay attention to the size of the excise stamp itself. For alcohol products, it is officially established and can be presented in two variations:

  1. 90x26 mm.
  2. 62x21 mm.

If the dimensions do not match the established ones, you need to be wary. There is one more nuance in the excise stamp (it applies to larger stamps). Their upper part is separated from the lower part by a thread golden color. This thread is dyed quite firmly, does not smudge or wear off. It can be pulled out of paper very easily.

Alcohol scanning

Every supermarket that respects itself and the consumer has special scanners. With their help, alcohol is checked using a barcode. Some of these scanners are present in the trading floors themselves. They are also available at the reception desk.

You can also scan the excise stamp on them. The electronics will automatically check all existing levels of product quality compliance. But many experts do not give a 100% guarantee of the authenticity of such verification.

Useful tricks

Focus on the cost of the alcohol you like. Do not purchase suspiciously cheap products, no matter how attractive their prices may be. Surrogate alcohol will always cost less, bootleggers are especially famous for their cheapness.

The definition of “bootlegger” dates back to the days of Prohibition in the United States. This word denoted underground dealers in alcohol-containing products. Unfortunately, the activities of bootleggers are also flourishing in modern Russia.

Also, to identify surrogate alcohol, you should pay attention to some very small nuances. They are invisible at first glance, but are very important when assessing the quality of alcohol. So, on the excise stamp:

  • the paper itself, from which the excise stamp is made, has the appearance of self-adhesive and does not exhibit luminescence;
  • on the negative strip the word “brand” will be visible, but on the positive strip the abbreviation “FMS” will be visible;
  • the diamonds of the holographic image have a pattern into which the “RF” logo is “woven”, and this pattern is located in the center of the hologram;
  • the stripe where “Federal Special Mark” is written when the color changes gradually turns into a positive reflection from a negative one.

Online alcohol testing program

You can also check the excise stamp for alcohol by number online using the Internet. There are several methods to carry out these checks.

Using a national service

The Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Products Market has developed an Internet service specifically for consumers. To understand how to check alcohol by excise stamp online, you need to go to the official website of the service in the section “Checking stamps”.

You should enter the necessary data from the excise stamp in a special window and receive complete information. The information obtained should be compared with other parameters. They must be identical.

Products webpage

An online check of the excise tax stamp for alcohol can also be carried out on the website of the manufacturer of this alcoholic product. Of course, there are excise tax data only for those products that are produced by the manufacturer. If the product is fake or surrogate, you won’t find information about it there. To do this, you should also enter the necessary information from the excise tax and receive all the necessary information online.

conclusions

Knowing all the nuances and degrees/levels of protection of high-quality alcoholic products, the consumer will be able to avoid purchasing obviously dangerous substitutes and low-quality alcohol. Of course, all of the above nuances cannot protect you from purchasing a high-quality counterfeit of elite alcohol.

Recently, there has been an increase in the production of surrogate alcohol under the guise of expensive alcohol.

Therefore, it is still worth purchasing alcoholic beverages only in specialized stores and never taking alcohol from your hands, even if you are seduced by the low price. Remember that the percentage of deaths from ingestion methyl alcohol(it is he who is present in surrogates) is extremely high.

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How does EGAIS work?

All alcohol producers and importers label each unit of product (keg, bottle, etc.). The manufacturer affixes federal special stamps, and the importer affixes excise stamps. The 2D barcode on each bottle contains:

name of alcoholic products,

manufacturer information,

licenses,

date of bottling of the drink and its other unique characteristics.

The warehouseman of a retail store, in the process of accepting alcohol into the warehouse, is required to process invoices from suppliers through the Unified State Automated Information System.

To meet the technical requirements, each retail outlet must have a computer with a universal transport module (UTM) and an Internet connection. You also need a JaCarta crypto key with a qualified signature. The merchandiser must carry out acceptance in a modified store inventory system that can work with EGAIS, or in a third-party software product.

When selling alcohol, the cashier uses a scanner to read the barcode from the bottle. The store's cash register program, modified to meet the requirements of EGAIS, sends information from the bar via the Internet to the FS RAR server for verification. After successful verification, the system generates a unique QR code for the receipt and the alcohol is released to the buyer.

The buyer receives a receipt with a QR code (even if he bought several bottles of alcohol, one QR code is printed on the receipt).

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Only through EGAIS

In April of this year, the EGAIS system was introduced in Russia. Which, according to the developers, should have completely eliminated the possibility of “burnt” alcohol getting onto the shelves of all stores. As practice has shown, EGAIS really works. Each tax stamp is unique and it is in the database. But it is impossible to sell alcohol with fake excise stamps if you have an Internet connection. If there is no connection, then it is better to buy alcohol in another store or wait until the information from the cash register is sent to EGAIS.

“By reading the QR code with your phone, you can confirm the legality of alcohol. Check product parameters, time, address, store name. Although, the seller knows that the buyer has such a document in his hands and will be able to check the legality of each bottle. Thus, the likelihood of fraud when selling through EGAIS with scanning a tax stamp and printing a receipt with a QR code is negligible. In addition, when selling alcohol through EGAIS, it is debited from the store’s balance sheet. Obviously, if a store bought 100 bottles and sold 120, then something is wrong and there will be an inspection. This again protects the buyer from counterfeit goods,” the expert commented.

The conclusion suggests itself - alcohol should only be bought in markets famous brands, where the goods pass through the cash register. And no sales of whiskey, tequila, cognac on the Internet! These drinks, if they are real, a priori cannot be cheap.

Which smartphone app helps you spot a fake?

To check any bottle you need to install it on your phone free application"Anti-Counterfeit Alko". The program is available on the App Store, Google Play and Windows Phone. Based on the “ingenious” design and the excessive amount of data that is required to be entered for registration, it immediately becomes clear that the application was developed by the state. But nevertheless it works.

Where is methyl and where is ethyl?

Ethyl alcohol, also known as drinking, food or medical alcohol, also known as ethanol, also known as a substance with chemical formula C2H5OH is the basis of all alcoholic drinks - but not surrogates. Surrogate booze is created on the basis of methyl alcohol or methanol. It is a pure poison to the body, so being able to distinguish it at home from the relatively safe ethanol can be vital.

One way is as follows: the liquid that is in doubt should be poured into a metal container and put on fire. Next, we measure the temperature of the alcohol at the moment of boiling - ethanol boils at 78°C, technical methanol already at 64°C.

Another option. In the cold medical alcohol you should lower a black copper wire heated over a fire - if during the reaction of copper oxide with aldehyde the smell of vinegar appears, then it is ethyl alcohol; if the liquid emits an unpleasant, pungent odor, it is methyl alcohol.

You can also test alcohol “for honesty” in this way. IN a small amount of alcohol, you need to add a little baking soda, mix it well and see if a precipitate forms in the liquid. An insoluble yellow precipitate forms when iodine reacts with ethanol, while methanol remains pure and transparent.

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Most often counterfeited expensive elite alcohol. There is no point in spending money on counterfeiting budget wine: you won’t make as much money on it as on branded whiskey or cognac. But the number one most counterfeited product is vodka. What should you pay attention to so as not to run into a counterfeit?

First, let's understand what the factory label looks like. They are cut and pasted on automatic lines. Using an automatic machine, the glue is applied in transverse strips located at the back. The width of the strips is 1.5 mm and they are applied at intervals of 2.5 mm. There is equipment with other parameters for applying glue: tape width 4 mm, frequency 5 mm. But when gluing homemade labels have their own characteristics: glue on back side applied not in transverse stripes, but in a continuous layer or in another way.

  • Extends beyond the label.
  • There is no release date on the back of the label.
  • There are traces of label shifting on the surface of the bottle.

This is not possible when gluing on an automatic line: the pressure roller can only rotate the label once. Glue residues on the glass may have air formations and folds. Low-quality paper catches your eye. Labels are dull, with blurry inscriptions.

Information

The label always contains information about the plant that produced the alcohol and its contact information. If you receive a bottle without this information, return the drink. Also look for information such as: bottling date, license number, certification. They must be on every bottle. Moreover, they are printed clearly so that it is easy to read. Labels on alcoholic beverages must be marked with a stamp, the seal of this enterprise. The sealing date on the label and the date indicated on the side of the cap must match.

Appearance

Bottles must be tightly closed. Do not leak when turned over. The bottle cap is pressed well to its neck. It should not warp on the sides or move off the thread.

Excise tax

Excise duty stamps are made from special paper. Each stamp contains information about where the alcohol was imported from: it is imported or domestic. How to check excise tax? The six-digit numbering is done in black paint, and on the reverse side it is red. The stamp has microtext from the word “Ukraine”, repeated many times. On legal products, the excise stamp is placed only on the neck side. It is glued so that the excise tax breaks if you open the container.

The color of the excise stamp always corresponds to the type of alcohol. If the domestically produced product is green. Alcohol was brought “from over the hill – purple”. The coat of arms is located in the central part of the excise stamp. It provides relief, which is noticeable if you run your hand over the excise tax.

Hologram

When a tax stamp is faked, they try to imitate it with a simple foil tape, simply sticking it on top. Twist it in the light: you won’t see any hologram effect – just a candy wrapper.

Qr code

You can check the validity of the excise stamp using your mobile phone. Download the excise stamp scanner program, point at the code and find out whether it is counterfeit or not.

Laser marking

To protect their products from counterfeits, some factories install a modern laser complex. They burn indelible black dots inside the cap. They make up the information about the spill on the bottle caps

Cork

How to check alcohol for authenticity? Try to carefully uncork the bottle by rotating the cap counterclockwise. If the perforation is not broken, the cork is rotated around the rim in a circle and, as a result, is completely removed - this is a fake.

Price

Elite alcohol cannot be cheap. It is usually imported. Plus export costs and seller's markup.

How to test vodka

Turn the bottle over and look at it in the light. If this factory production, the liquid will be clear. There should be no sediment or white plaque. Do you see the sediment? Before you is a surrogate. Turn the vodka bottle upside down and shake slightly. The air will rise up. If the bubbles are large and disappear almost immediately, it is counterfeit. For real alcohol, such a snake will consist of many small bubbles.

How to check wine

Don't buy something that's too cheap. Alcohol may contain harmful additives, which add fruit and berry taste. Are you purchasing luxury wine? Twist the cork in your hands. It should be made of wood, not plastic. On the bottle itself you will definitely find information about the vineyards, region, and harvest time.

How to test cognac

Its quality is in its density. It should flow down the bottle. So turn the bottle over and watch how this drink flows. The cap will also tell you a lot about the cognac. For counterfeiting, they do not stand on ceremony; they use a “vodka” lid, and a wine shell. Look at the volume. For example, Hennessey is not produced in the popular 0.5 liter container. If you see such a bottle, you will immediately know that this is Hennessy on Odessa bottling.

How to check whiskey for authenticity

Don't expect to buy aged whiskey for pennies. A truly good drink is one that has been aged for at least 12 years. Before the purchase elite drink, look on the Internet and read the features that a bottle should have. Manufacturers usually provide this information to users. When shaking the bottle, large bubbles should form.

Do not purchase alcohol from an online store until you read customer reviews. Study the presented goods: if you are often offered elite products at fabulous prices, the store is clearly selling counterfeit alcohol.

Without exception, all alcoholic products that are imported into the territory of the Russian Federation must contain an excise stamp, the purpose of which is labeling of alcohol-containing liquid.

In fact, there is no need to decipher the excise tax, since all necessary information on the stamp is indicated in Russian and quite clear. For example, the excise stamp of alcoholic products may contain information: “Alcoholic goods from 9 to 256%” or “Alcoholic goods from 25%”, “Wines”, “Sparkling wine” and so on.

The definition of “Excise stamp” means fiscal document, which means full payment of the fee established on the territory of the Russian Federation for the sale of any product.

Excise stamps, which include the name “Alcoholic goods from 25%”, additionally contain information indicating the maximum volume of containers used for alcoholic products of this type.


It is located in close proximity to the excise number. Such an inscription may include “up to 100 grams”, “half a liter”, “no more than a liter”, “over 1 liter”.

In addition, the following information must be indicated on the stamp: “excise stamp” or “Russian Federation”. The presence of such information indicates registration of alcoholic products and full payment of all fees by the manufacturer or distributor.

In the Russian Federation, in addition to alcoholic products, excise tax is applied to tobacco-containing goods and cigarettes. Until recently, it was required for sugar, shag and pepper.

The definition of "EGAIS" means unified state system, which is fully automated and contains a database of information on alcoholic products. All alcohol that is produced on the territory of the Russian Federation or imported into the country, must be indicated in the Unified State Automated Information System.

By and large, the EGAIS system is a tool for careful control of the turnover of alcoholic beverages in the Russian Federation.

The main task of the system is to try to significantly reduce the circulation of counterfeit alcohol throughout the country. Moreover, every company that manufactures or sells alcohol-containing products must enter detailed information about it into the system.


If information is not provided in the system, companies face criminal and administrative liability in the form of huge fines. According to the developers themselves, the introduction of such a system made it possible to reduce the volume of sales of counterfeit goods by at least 40%, which already indicates the positive results of the work of the Unified State Automated Information System.

The basic rules that must be followed when choosing alcohol are: next:

    Initially, you need to remember place of purchase of goods. The purchase of alcohol must be directly related to those companies that have issued the appropriate license. It is strictly prohibited to purchase from hand, in any tents, kiosks, or station areas. It is highly undesirable to purchase alcohol online (via the Internet), unless, of course, the buyer is confident in the honesty of the store.

  1. Once the place of purchase has been chosen correctly, you need to start product selection. Need to study appearance containers. You should not opt ​​for a defective bottle. If it has scratches, chips, etc., it is better to refuse the purchase. This is especially true for a possible tear or complete absence of the excise stamp, which often occurs.
  2. Necessary avoid alcohol at low prices. It is important to remember: it is better to buy less, but better.

Sticking to simple rules, you can avoid purchasing counterfeit alcohol. During the verification process, it is necessary to remember that the label must include:

  • name of the product on which it is applied and the manufacturer;
  • information about the location of the manufacturer;
  • detailed information on alcohol capacity (displayed as a percentage);
  • container volume;
  • detailed information about the composition of the product (often indicates the type of alcohol itself - luxury, extra, etc., as well as additional components);
  • what is the shelf life of alcoholic beverages?
  • information about the document on the basis of which the alcohol production process takes place;
  • information that confirms quality compliance.

Don’t forget to also require a license to sell alcoholic beverages. According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, any buyer has the full legal right to demand a package of permits from the seller, and only then purchase the products of interest. As for the excise stamp, today there are many ways to check it.

Today, smartphone owners have a unique opportunity - check special federal excise stamps through the application.

The application was developed by specialists from Rosalkogolregulirovanie and is called "Anti-counterfeitinfo". Thanks to its use, you can special effort will detect excise violations.


The work concludes with a method of pointing a smartphone camera at a barcode. In addition, the application contains a list of stores that are located near the user and have all the documents and licenses necessary for operation.

Detailed instructions for using the application are as follows: next(it can be used anywhere, be it a cafe, restaurant, store, and so on):

  1. You need to download the application from Google Play.
  2. After downloading and installing, you need to launch it; the main window will show a map of where legal points of sale of alcoholic beverages are located. It is possible, if the user wishes, to link the map to his location.
  3. At the bottom of the main application window there is a subcategory “Scan”. When you try to go to it, the main camera of the smartphone will be activated. The application will ask you to point the camera at the barcode alcohol brand or QR code on the receipt after purchase.
  4. After this, the application reads all the necessary information and displays it on the smartphone screen. The user is provided with: the route of the goods, information about manufacturers, and so on.

If we talk about checking the reliability of FSM or AM, it is initially necessary to remember about the official specially developed service by specialists of Rosalkogolregulirovanie.


The opportunity to check alcohol excise stamps is available through the official portal of the Federal Service dealing with the regulation of the alcohol market at fsrar.ru. The service is called "Checking brands".

Manufacturing companies that have a license and regulatory authorities have access to inspection.

The capabilities of the service allow you to identify illegal alcohol products in a matter of minutes information verification method, which is printed on the stamp, and information entered into the EGAIS system.

The step-by-step algorithm for checking in this way is as follows: next:

  1. You need to go to the official portal of Rosalkogolregulirovanie fsrar.ru and select the appropriate subsection with the name “Electronic services for companies/organizations”.
  2. Next, from the proposed list, select the additional category “Electronic services of Rosalkogolregulirovanie for companies/organizations.”
  3. At the next stage, you will be asked to provide a password and TIN. It is possible to register in the system.
  4. Then you need to select “Check brands” and click on the “Add” button.
  5. After reading the information from the barcode, you must enter it in the appropriate field.

Based on the information provided, the system will generate a request, after which it will be available within a few minutes. information regarding brand details and so on.

If desired, it is possible to print out the received information, which is indicated in the EGAIS system. To do this, just press the key "Seal".

In such a request, you must indicate the need to connect to the service of a certain person, who is a trusted representative of the company and responsible for work in this system. His personal information and email address must be indicated.

Another option that can speak with 100% confidence about the authenticity of the verification is conducting an examination. However, in most cases it is necessary to use it by the relatives of the victim or by law enforcement agencies (if a case of death from the use of alcoholic beverages is identified).

The examination is carried out "Center for Pre-trial Investigations". The test is carried out by decomposing the liquid into molecules and other components, which make it easy to identify compliance ethyl alcohol and the possible fact of its forgery.

They will not ignore the excise stamp of alcohol, and they will even be able to identify the equipment on which it was made. Unfortunately, this type of verification is very rarely used.

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How to check the documented quality of alcohol

Every citizen should know that licensing is carried out not only in relation to producers of alcoholic products, but also to organizations involved in its storage and sale. Today, the procedure for obtaining a license in the Russian Federation is very difficult, and serious liability, including criminal liability, is provided for violations of the law. Therefore, having a license from the organization where alcohol is purchased almost completely guarantees the quality of the product.

Not only regulatory authorities, but also an ordinary consumer can check the availability of a license. If you ask the representatives of the store where you are going to buy alcohol to show you a document, they have no right to refuse you. In many large retail outlets, a copy of the license is located on the information stand. After reviewing the document, you can find out its validity period and the organization’s TIN, which can be used to later verify its authenticity using the License Register database.


The data is regularly updated, so there is no need to worry that information about a particular organization will be out of date. In the Register of Alcoholic Products Licenses, you can check the alcohol license using the company’s TIN, find out its validity period, and also determine whether the organization currently has the right to produce, store and sell alcoholic products. You can also check your alcohol license details on the PAR website.

What is EGAIS?

Today in Russia there is a special system that allows you to track the path of alcohol and alcohol-containing products from the manufacturer to the end consumer. This system was developed to combat illegal alcohol trafficking and prevent low-quality products from reaching consumers. This system is called EGAIS - a unified state automated information system. In 2016, the system came into force throughout the Russian Federation, and no organization has the right to produce and sell any alcohol-containing and alcoholic products if it is not registered in the Unified State Automated Information System.


EGAIS work scheme

This system is imperfect, despite the fact that it has been developed since the early 2000s by various government research centers. It is subject to criticism; there are problems with the sale of alcohol, for example, enterprises Catering. But, despite this, today the end consumer can be confident in the quality of the purchased products if he buys them in a licensed store.

How to check alcohol by excise stamp and barcode online

The excise stamp is confirmation of the quality of alcohol. It is quite difficult to fake it, since it has several degrees of protection. Before purchasing, carefully study the excise stamp. It must contain a hologram, information about the manufacturer and production date, a barcode and an inkjet number. You can also check the excise tax right in the store, if, of course, you purchase alcohol from a serious trading organization. For this, there are special scanners that read the barcode from the stamp.

You can check the quality of alcohol using the excise stamp online through the EGAIS system, but this procedure is provided only for organizations. To check, you will need to register on the RAR website and then log into your personal account.

You can check alcohol by excise stamp online yourself and for free. To do this, you need to go to the website of the Rosalkogolregulirovanie (RAR). A special service has been developed where you can check the authenticity of the brand. By entering the necessary excise tax data, you will receive information that must match that indicated on the stamp. Some manufacturers have developed their own verification programs, available on their official websites. You can also use them. On the PAR website you can check alcohol online not only by excise stamp, but also by barcode.

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Indicators of excellent alcohol

Any alcoholic drink has its own indicators and quality characteristics. Alcohol products differ in the following nuances:

  • aroma;
  • fortress;
  • color spectrum;
  • flavors;
  • power of influence on the body.

They check the quality and authenticity of alcoholic products in specialized laboratories. You can order this check yourself by paying for the service. But you can determine your alcohol level yourself. There are many effective ways to do this.

Determining the authenticity of vodka

To determine the quality of one of the most consumed alcoholic drinks in Russia, you should know the external signs of a genuine drink. Vodka is checked according to the following criteria:

  1. Taste.
  2. Color.
  3. Smell.

Therefore, you should not purchase vodka bottled in dark, opaque containers. The strength of high-quality vodka should be 40-56%. You can determine the temperature using a home alcohol meter.

According to statistics, in Russia, about 35-40 people are poisoned and killed every day using surrogate vodka with an existing excise stamp.

Good vodka will not contain any additional suspensions or impurities. It is soft in taste and has a distinct vodka aroma. When testing, the vodka liquid should not irritate or burn the laryngeal mucosa. Try rubbing a drop of vodka in your palm. A high-quality drink will not release any additional flavors (acetone, vinegar and other chemicals).

Studying aromatic foam

For beer, the main thing is the foam. Moreover, when drinking alcohol is spilled, there should not be too much or too little foam. The optimal foam level is medium in size, quite thick and rich. So, how to determine the quality of aromatic hops by the foamy layer.

No foam:

  • beer is heavily diluted with water;
  • hypothermia is present;
  • lacks carbon dioxide.

Too much foam:

  • the drink is too warm;
  • excess of intoxicating carbon dioxide;
  • improper pouring of foam into glasses.

A very significant factor is the stability of the foam. It shows the level of maturity of the foam. A good, high-quality hop foam will have a thick foam, with a layer thickness of 4-5 mm. And it will not leave the surface for about 1-1.5 minutes. Experts advise drinking beer at a temperature of +8-10⁰С.

Determining the quality of wine

This skill is very relevant. In our country, too many fake wines made from powder have recently appeared. Although this type of alcohol has all the necessary papers and permits, it cannot be considered real wine.

First of all, the quality of a wine is determined by its aroma. A too strong, repulsive odor indicates a poor alcohol level. But true wine will delight the user with a whole bouquet of pleasant aromas replacing each other. To better appreciate the wine aroma, pour the alcohol into a wide container and shake a little:

  1. High-quality wine will slowly flow down the sides of the glass.
  2. When you add 2-3 drops of glycerin to it, low-quality alcohol will turn an unusual color.

How not to make a mistake when choosing when buying

Of course, the store won’t let you try alcohol, open a bottle, or smell it. Tasting in the sales area is not provided. Therefore, alcohol is bought almost blindly. How not to make a mistake? To do this, you need to carefully study the container in which the drink is poured and the label of the bottle.

Pay attention to the label of the alcohol. Using it, or rather, using the barcode printed on it, you can find out the manufacturer. Experts do not advise buying products from countries that do not inspire confidence. The label must also contain the following information:

  • compound;
  • the date of bottling;
  • best before date;
  • Manufacturer country;
  • the type of alcohol sold.

An unevenly glued, crookedly placed label should alert the consumer. This is a direct indication that such alcohol is produced by handicraft, clandestine methods and can be poisonous and dangerous. And remember that a full quality check of alcoholic products can be carried out in a specialized laboratory.

It is better to seek the help of specialists if alcohol is purchased in large quantities for a large celebration. And never buy alcohol from hand or from unverified, questionable places.

We check alcohol using the excise stamp

The original purpose of creating excise stamps was to obtain a stable tax on the sale of alcohol. The state thus influenced the cost of alcoholic beverages and monitored the entire alcohol market. The history of this distinctive sign has its own characteristics. Look at the photos of old excise stamps for alcohol and compare them with modern ones:

This simple sign (if you know some rules) helps to distinguish counterfeit surrogate alcohol products from good quality alcohol. To accurately identify a fake, familiarize yourself with the basic rules of verification.

be careful

When you find yourself in the next supermarket in search of good quality alcohol, use all your powers of observation. You will need it when studying the excise stamp. First of all, check the quality of the gluing of the paper holding the bottle itself and the cap together.

Know that counterfeiting is a long and quite expensive process. Therefore, for the most part, handicraft manufacturers of surrogates always pay more attention to simple and uncomplicated aspects. But they ignore complex levels of protection. Experts highlight four points that need to be paid attention to:

  • correct barcode;
  • The excise stamp number is always inkjet printed;
  • the image on the excise tax is foil and holographic;
  • Information about the release date, security level and manufacturer must be present.

Pay attention to the size of the excise stamp itself. For alcohol products, it is officially established and can be presented in two variations:

  1. 90x26 mm.
  2. 62x21 mm.

If the dimensions do not match the established ones, you need to be wary. There is one more nuance in the excise stamp (it applies to larger stamps). Their upper part is separated from the lower part by a golden thread. This thread is dyed quite firmly, does not smudge or wear off. It can be pulled out of paper very easily.

Alcohol scanning

Every supermarket that respects itself and the consumer has special scanners. With their help, alcohol is checked using a barcode. Some of these scanners are present in the trading floors themselves. They are also available at the reception desk.

You can also scan the excise stamp on them. The electronics will automatically check all existing levels of product quality compliance. But many experts do not give a 100% guarantee of the authenticity of such verification.

Useful tricks

Focus on the cost of the alcohol you like. Do not purchase suspiciously cheap products, no matter how attractive their prices may be. Surrogate alcohol will always cost less, bootleggers are especially famous for their cheapness.

The definition of “bootlegger” dates back to the days of Prohibition in the United States. This word denoted underground dealers in alcohol-containing products. Unfortunately, the activities of bootleggers are also flourishing in modern Russia.

Also, to identify surrogate alcohol, you should pay attention to some very small nuances. They are invisible at first glance, but are very important when assessing the quality of alcohol. So, on the excise stamp:

  • the paper itself, from which the excise stamp is made, has the appearance of self-adhesive and does not exhibit luminescence;
  • on the negative strip the word “brand” will be visible, but on the positive strip the abbreviation “FMS” will be visible;
  • the diamonds of the holographic image have a pattern into which the “RF” logo is “woven”, and this pattern is located in the center of the hologram;
  • the stripe where “Federal Special Mark” is written when the color changes gradually turns into a positive reflection from a negative one.

Online alcohol testing program

You can also check the excise stamp for alcohol by number online using the Internet. There are several methods to carry out these checks.

Using a national service

The Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Products Market has developed an Internet service specifically for consumers. To understand how to check alcohol by excise stamp online, you need to go to the official website of the service in the section “Checking stamps”.

You should enter the necessary data from the excise stamp in a special window and receive complete information. The information obtained should be compared with other parameters. They must be identical.

Products webpage

An online check of the excise tax stamp for alcohol can also be carried out on the website of the manufacturer of this alcoholic product. Of course, there are excise tax data only for those products that are produced by the manufacturer. If the product is fake or surrogate, you won’t find information about it there. To do this, you should also enter the necessary information from the excise tax and receive all the necessary information online.

conclusions

Knowing all the nuances and degrees/levels of protection of high-quality alcoholic products, the consumer will be able to avoid purchasing obviously dangerous substitutes and low-quality alcohol. Of course, all of the above nuances cannot protect you from purchasing a high-quality counterfeit of elite alcohol.

Recently, there has been an increase in the production of surrogate alcohol under the guise of expensive alcohol.

Therefore, it is still worth purchasing alcoholic beverages only in specialized stores and never taking alcohol from your hands, even if you are seduced by the low price. Remember that the percentage of deaths from methyl alcohol ingestion (which is what is present in surrogates) is extremely high.

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Excise stamp

The excise tax does not require special decoding, since all information is written in Russian and is as understandable as possible to everyone. The fiscal document indicates that the payment of the tax (fee) established by special bodies was made. Excise taxes marked “Alcoholic goods from 25%” also contain information that tells about the maximum dimensions of the permitted container volume for the marked type of product. If the alcohol content of the drink is lower, this information may not be available.

It is also worth paying attention to the presence of the “excise stamp” or “Russian Federation” mark, which indicates that the product has passed the necessary registration and the manufacturer or seller has paid all fees.

The Unified State System contains in its database all the important data on alcoholic beverages. All alcoholic beverages that are imported into the country or produced on its territory must be entered into the Unified State Automated Information System. This system is an important regulatory body for the circulation of alcoholic beverages in Russian Federation. It is designed to reduce counterfeit products on the shelves of shops, supermarkets, restaurants, cafes, liquor stores, and liquor stores.

Each organization that produces a product containing alcohol is required to enter all information about the product into a single database. If the manufacturer does not comply with this requirement, then he will face legal liability with heavy fines. Such a system already gives its good results, as statistics show, the amount of low-quality, counterfeit alcohol on store shelves has decreased significantly.

Definition of counterfeit products

Basic rules for choosing quality alcohol:

  • It is worth making it a rule to buy alcoholic beverages in trusted stores, retail chains or from licensed companies. If you want to save money and purchase alcoholic beverages in street tent, pavilion, from your hands, be prepared for unpleasant consequences.
  • It is necessary to visually examine the container very carefully; if defects, chips, abrasions, scratches, a tear in the excise stamp, or its unnatural location were noticed, then it is better to refuse this product and choose something more suitable.
  • It is not advisable to choose cheap products. In this case, price may affect quality.

There is one interesting folk way, which not everyone knows about. To understand by what method the alcoholic drink was bottled, manually or using special equipment, they take several bottles from the same company, with the same name, put them in a row and look at the neck. If the contents of the container are on the same level and create a kind of ruler, then most likely it is quality drink, which has been packaged at the factory. If the liquid is poured into each bottle differently, in some places more, in others less, then 100% of the alcohol was poured by hand and can pose a potential threat not only to the health of the buyer, but also to life. The essence of this experiment is that even a very trained person will not be able to achieve maximum accuracy, which is easy for special equipment.

Don't forget to pay attention to the label, it should contain the following information:

  1. Name of product and manufacturer.
  2. Address of the plant where the products were manufactured.
  3. Container volume.
  4. Percentage of alcohol.
  5. Compound.
  6. Best before date.
  7. Quality compliance information.

The label must be glued evenly, carefully, applying 4 layers of adhesive. If you have any doubts about the quality of the proposed product, you have the right, according to the law of the Russian Federation, to demand a license and a package of permits.

In Russia, almost the entire adult population drinks alcohol. Holidays are celebrated with it, they are drunk at parties. Even those who don’t drink at all probably raise New Year glass of champagne. In this regard, the problem of determining the quality of purchased alcoholic beverages is very relevant, because, despite state control of the turnover of alcohol-containing products, incidents of poisoning with low-quality alcohol occur.

How to check the documented quality of alcohol

Every citizen should know that licensing is carried out not only in relation to producers of alcoholic products, but also to organizations involved in its storage and sale. Today, the procedure for obtaining a license in the Russian Federation is very difficult, and serious liability, including criminal liability, is provided for violations of the law. Therefore, having a license from the organization where alcohol is purchased almost completely guarantees the quality of the product.

Not only regulatory authorities, but also an ordinary consumer can check the availability of a license. If you ask the representatives of the store where you are going to buy alcohol to show you a document, they have no right to refuse you. In many large retail outlets, a copy of the license is located on the information stand. After reviewing the document, you can find out its validity period and the organization’s TIN, which can be used to later verify its authenticity using the License Register database.

The data is regularly updated, so there is no need to worry that information about a particular organization will be out of date. In the Register of Alcoholic Products Licenses, you can check the alcohol license using the company’s TIN, find out its validity period, and also determine whether the organization currently has the right to produce, store and sell alcoholic products. You can also check your alcohol license details on the PAR website.


What is EGAIS?

Today in Russia there is a special system that allows you to track the path of alcohol and alcohol-containing products from the manufacturer to the end consumer. This system was developed to combat illegal alcohol trafficking and prevent low-quality products from reaching consumers. This system is called EGAIS - a unified state automated information system. In 2016, the system came into force throughout the Russian Federation, and no organization has the right to produce and sell any alcohol-containing and alcoholic products if it is not registered in the Unified State Automated Information System.

EGAIS work scheme

This system is imperfect, despite the fact that it has been developed since the early 2000s by various government research centers. It is subject to criticism; there are problems with the sale of alcohol, for example, in catering establishments. But, despite this, today the end consumer can be confident in the quality of the purchased products if he buys them in a licensed store.

How to check alcohol by excise stamp and barcode online

The excise stamp is confirmation of the quality of alcohol. It is quite difficult to fake it, since it has several degrees of protection. Before purchasing, carefully study the excise stamp. It must contain a hologram, information about the manufacturer and production date, a barcode and an inkjet number. You can also check the excise tax right in the store, if, of course, you purchase alcohol from a serious trading organization. For this, there are special scanners that read the barcode from the stamp.


You can check the quality of alcohol using the excise stamp online through the EGAIS system, but this procedure is provided only for organizations. To check, you will need to register on the RAR website and then log into your personal account.

You can check alcohol by excise stamp online yourself and for free. To do this, you need to go to the website of the Rosalkogolregulirovanie (RAR). A special service has been developed where you can check the authenticity of the brand. By entering the necessary excise tax data, you will receive information that must match that indicated on the stamp. Some manufacturers have developed their own verification programs, available on their official websites. You can also use them. On the PAR website you can check alcohol online not only by excise stamp, but also by barcode.

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Choosing the right alcohol

Rarely when festive feast does without alcoholic beverages. In order not to darken your holiday mood, you should learn to choose alcohol correctly.

Let's consider the process of purchasing alcohol point by point:

  • The first thing to think about is where you are making your purchase. The purchase of alcohol should be associated exclusively with those trading enterprises who are licensed. It is not recommended to buy alcohol from hand, in tents, kiosks, stalls, and other unsuitable places, including in crowded places - at train stations and markets. You should not order alcohol over the Internet either.

  • Having decided on the place of purchase of alcoholic products, we proceed to the choice. The appearance of the bottle is important here. We are talking, first of all, about defects, the presence of which must be avoided. These could be scratches, abrasions, sealing leaks, label breaks, etc.
  • Next is the cost of the product, which should not be too low.
  • When reading the product label, pay attention to its contents, which, according to labeling requirements, must include certain information.

The label must contain:

  • name of product and manufacturer;
  • information about the location of the manufacturer;
  • information about the strength expressed as a percentage;
  • volume size;
  • information about the composition (usually the type of ethyl alcohol is indicated here - luxury, extra, highly purified, main ingredients, as well as food additives);
  • expiration date – subject to the manufacturer’s designation, bottling date;
  • information about the document in accordance with which the product was manufactured;
  • information confirming compliance.

No less important is the temperature conditions under which alcoholic beverages were stored, since their violation can lead to changes organoleptic properties products such as color, taste and sedimentation. For vodka this figure ranges from -15 to +30 degrees, for alcoholic beverages - from -10 to +25 degrees, for sparkling wines– from +5 to +20.

And, of course, this is the presence of a license and other accompanying documents for the relevant products (declaration of conformity, consignment note and a certificate for it, a certificate for the cargo customs declaration when importing products).

The legality of the production and circulation of alcohol, where the alcohol content exceeds 9%, is evidenced by the presence of federal special stamps (when produced in the Russian Federation) and excise stamps (when imported).

Checking the excise stamp

Speaking about verifying the authenticity of both FSM and AM, first of all, we should mention here the official service developed by specialists from Rosalkogolregulirovanie. The “Brand Check” service is available today on the website of the Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Market at: http://fsrar (dot) ru/.


Licensed purchasing organizations and authorized bodies can take advantage of the service's capabilities.
The functionality of the service allows you to identify illegal alcohol products by checking the data printed directly on the brand and the information recorded in the Unified State Automated Information System. To do this, the scanner should read the information contained in the two-dimensional barcode and enter it in a special column of the service.

Step-by-step instructions for obtaining information through this service look like this:

  • On the official portal of Rosalkogolregulirovanie, select the “Electronic services for organizations” tab.
  • In the presented list, follow the link “Electronic services of Rosalkogolregulirovanie for organizations.”
  • The next window is for entering a password and TIN or completing registration.
  • Next, click “Check brands” – “Add”.
  • After reading the barcode, save it in the appropriate column of the service.
  • The service will provide information about the brand details, the date and time of submitting the application for verification.
  • To obtain information about the requested brand, indicated in the Unified State Automated Information System, click on the “Print” button.

Important! Gaining access to the service must be preceded by a written application to the Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Market.

The request usually indicates the need to involve a specific person who is appointed by the organization as responsible for working with information portal, including full name, email address.

How to check counterfeit alcohol using the app

Today, smartphone owners have the opportunity to check federal special and excise stamps for authenticity using mobile application, developed by Rosalkogolregulirovanie. The Anti-Counterfeiting Info application is able to detect excise tax violations using a barcode scan performed by the phone’s camera. In addition, users have access to maps of stores that have licenses to sell alcoholic beverages.

The application is available for download on GooglePlay and AppStore.

Let's take a step-by-step look at how to check the legality of alcoholic beverages from anywhere, be it a cafe or a store.

Algorithm of actions:

  • After installing the application, launch it. A map will open in the start window where legal points of sale of alcoholic beverages are located. The map can be converted into a list georeferenced to the user's location.
  • At the bottom of the window there is a “Scan” tab, when you click on it, the mobile phone camera will be activated at the same time. The system will offer to point the camera at a specific barcode of the alcohol brand or QR code displayed on the receipt issued by the seller.
  • Next, information about the product and possible routes from the manufacturer to a specific retail outlet will appear on the screen. If there is no information, the product is considered counterfeit.

Responsibility

According to Art. 12 of Federal Law No. 171-FZ, responsibility for the correct application and authenticity of stamps (excise, federal special) lies with persons who produce alcoholic products, supply them, import them, as well as retail sales. The production and sale of alcoholic products without the required labeling or in violation of the procedure for its application is regulated by Art. 15.12 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

In addition, criminal liability is provided in accordance with Art. 171.1 for the acquisition, production, storage, transportation and sale of products without labeling, and Art. 327 – for the production, forgery and sale of documents, stamps, seals and forms.

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Indicators of excellent alcohol

Any alcoholic drink has its own indicators and quality characteristics. Alcohol products differ in the following nuances:

  • aroma;
  • fortress;
  • color spectrum;
  • flavors;
  • power of influence on the body.

They check the quality and authenticity of alcoholic products in specialized laboratories. You can order this check yourself by paying for the service. But you can determine your alcohol level yourself. There are many effective ways to do this.

Determining the authenticity of vodka

To determine the quality of one of the most consumed alcoholic drinks in Russia, you should know the external signs of a genuine drink. Vodka is checked according to the following criteria:

  1. Taste.
  2. Color.
  3. Smell.

Therefore, you should not purchase vodka bottled in dark, opaque containers. The strength of high-quality vodka should be 40-56%. You can determine the temperature using a home alcohol meter.

According to statistics, in Russia, about 35-40 people are poisoned and killed every day using surrogate vodka with an existing excise stamp.

Good vodka will not contain any additional suspensions or impurities. It is soft in taste and has a distinct vodka aroma. When testing, the vodka liquid should not irritate or burn the laryngeal mucosa. Try rubbing a drop of vodka in your palm. A high-quality drink will not release any additional flavors (acetone, vinegar and other chemicals).

Studying aromatic foam

For beer, the main thing is the foam. Moreover, when drinking alcohol is spilled, there should not be too much or too little foam. The optimal foam level is medium in size, quite thick and rich. So, how to determine the quality of aromatic hops by the foamy layer.

No foam:

  • beer is heavily diluted with water;
  • hypothermia is present;
  • lacks carbon dioxide.

Too much foam:

  • the drink is too warm;
  • excess of intoxicating carbon dioxide;
  • improper pouring of foam into glasses.

A very significant factor is the stability of the foam. It shows the level of maturity of the foam. A good, high-quality hop foam will have a thick foam, with a layer thickness of 4-5 mm. And it will not leave the surface for about 1-1.5 minutes. Experts advise drinking beer at a temperature of +8-10⁰С.

Determining the quality of wine

This skill is very relevant. In our country, too many fake wines made from powder have recently appeared. Although this type of alcohol has all the necessary papers and permits, it cannot be considered real wine.

First of all, the quality of a wine is determined by its aroma. A too strong, repulsive odor indicates a poor alcohol level. But true wine will delight the user with a whole bouquet of pleasant aromas replacing each other. To better appreciate the wine aroma, pour the alcohol into a wide container and shake a little:

  1. High-quality wine will slowly flow down the sides of the glass.
  2. When you add 2-3 drops of glycerin to it, low-quality alcohol will turn an unusual color.

How not to make a mistake when choosing when buying

Of course, the store won’t let you try alcohol, open a bottle, or smell it. Tasting in the sales area is not provided. Therefore, alcohol is bought almost blindly. How not to make a mistake? To do this, you need to carefully study the container in which the drink is poured and the label of the bottle.

Pay attention to the label of the alcohol. Using it, or rather, using the barcode printed on it, you can find out the manufacturer. Experts do not advise buying products from countries that do not inspire confidence. The label must also contain the following information:

  • compound;
  • the date of bottling;
  • best before date;
  • Manufacturer country;
  • the type of alcohol sold.

An unevenly glued, crookedly placed label should alert the consumer. This is a direct indication that such alcohol is produced by handicraft, clandestine methods and can be poisonous and dangerous. And remember that a full quality check of alcoholic products can be carried out in a specialized laboratory.

It is better to seek the help of specialists if alcohol is purchased in large quantities for a large celebration. And never buy alcohol from hand or from unverified, questionable places.

We check alcohol using the excise stamp

The original purpose of creating excise stamps was to obtain a stable tax on the sale of alcohol. The state thus influenced the cost of alcoholic beverages and monitored the entire alcohol market. The history of this distinctive sign has its own characteristics. Look at the photos of old excise stamps for alcohol and compare them with modern ones:

This simple sign (if you know some rules) helps to distinguish counterfeit surrogate alcohol products from good quality alcohol. To accurately identify a fake, familiarize yourself with the basic rules of verification.

be careful

When you find yourself in the next supermarket in search of good quality alcohol, use all your powers of observation. You will need it when studying the excise stamp. First of all, check the quality of the gluing of the paper holding the bottle itself and the cap together.

Know that counterfeiting is a long and quite expensive process. Therefore, for the most part, handicraft manufacturers of surrogates always pay more attention to simple and uncomplicated aspects. But they ignore complex levels of protection. Experts highlight four points that need to be paid attention to:

  • correct barcode;
  • The excise stamp number is always inkjet printed;
  • the image on the excise tax is foil and holographic;
  • Information about the release date, security level and manufacturer must be present.

Pay attention to the size of the excise stamp itself. For alcohol products, it is officially established and can be presented in two variations:

  1. 90x26 mm.
  2. 62x21 mm.

If the dimensions do not match the established ones, you need to be wary. There is one more nuance in the excise stamp (it applies to larger stamps). Their upper part is separated from the lower part by a golden thread. This thread is dyed quite firmly, does not smudge or wear off. It can be pulled out of paper very easily.

Alcohol scanning

Every supermarket that respects itself and the consumer has special scanners. With their help, alcohol is checked using a barcode. Some of these scanners are present in the trading floors themselves. They are also available at the reception desk.

You can also scan the excise stamp on them. The electronics will automatically check all existing levels of product quality compliance. But many experts do not give a 100% guarantee of the authenticity of such verification.

Useful tricks

Focus on the cost of the alcohol you like. Do not purchase suspiciously cheap products, no matter how attractive their prices may be. Surrogate alcohol will always cost less, bootleggers are especially famous for their cheapness.

The definition of “bootlegger” dates back to the days of Prohibition in the United States. This word denoted underground dealers in alcohol-containing products. Unfortunately, the activities of bootleggers are also flourishing in modern Russia.

Also, to identify surrogate alcohol, you should pay attention to some very small nuances. They are invisible at first glance, but are very important when assessing the quality of alcohol. So, on the excise stamp:

  • the paper itself, from which the excise stamp is made, has the appearance of self-adhesive and does not exhibit luminescence;
  • on the negative strip the word “brand” will be visible, but on the positive strip the abbreviation “FMS” will be visible;
  • the diamonds of the holographic image have a pattern into which the “RF” logo is “woven”, and this pattern is located in the center of the hologram;
  • the stripe where “Federal Special Mark” is written when the color changes gradually turns into a positive reflection from a negative one.

Online alcohol testing program

You can also check the excise stamp for alcohol by number online using the Internet. There are several methods to carry out these checks.

Using a national service

The Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Products Market has developed an Internet service specifically for consumers. To understand how to check alcohol by excise stamp online, you need to go to the official website of the service in the section “Checking stamps”.

You should enter the necessary data from the excise stamp in a special window and receive complete information. The information obtained should be compared with other parameters. They must be identical.

Products webpage

An online check of the excise tax stamp for alcohol can also be carried out on the website of the manufacturer of this alcoholic product. Of course, there are excise tax data only for those products that are produced by the manufacturer. If the product is fake or surrogate, you won’t find information about it there. To do this, you should also enter the necessary information from the excise tax and receive all the necessary information online.

conclusions

Knowing all the nuances and degrees/levels of protection of high-quality alcoholic products, the consumer will be able to avoid purchasing obviously dangerous substitutes and low-quality alcohol. Of course, all of the above nuances cannot protect you from purchasing a high-quality counterfeit of elite alcohol.

Recently, there has been an increase in the production of surrogate alcohol under the guise of expensive alcohol.

Therefore, it is still worth purchasing alcoholic beverages only in specialized stores and never taking alcohol from your hands, even if you are seduced by the low price. Remember that the percentage of deaths from methyl alcohol ingestion (which is what is present in surrogates) is extremely high.

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Excise stamp

The excise tax does not require special decoding, since all information is written in Russian and is as understandable as possible to everyone. The fiscal document indicates that the payment of the tax (fee) established by special bodies was made. Excise taxes marked “Alcoholic goods from 25%” also contain information that tells about the maximum dimensions of the permitted container volume for the marked type of product. If the alcohol content of the drink is lower, this information may not be available.

It is also worth paying attention to the presence of the “excise stamp” or “Russian Federation” mark, which indicates that the product has passed the necessary registration and the manufacturer or seller has paid all fees.

The Unified State System contains in its database all the important data on alcoholic beverages. All alcoholic beverages that are imported into the country or produced on its territory must be entered into the Unified State Automated Information System. This system is an important regulatory body for the circulation of alcoholic products in the Russian Federation. It is designed to reduce counterfeit products on the shelves of shops, supermarkets, restaurants, cafes, liquor stores, and liquor stores.

Each organization that produces a product containing alcohol is required to enter all information about the product into a single database. If the manufacturer does not comply with this requirement, then he will face legal liability with heavy fines. This system is already producing good results; as statistics show, the amount of low-quality, counterfeit alcohol on store shelves has decreased significantly.

Definition of counterfeit products

Basic rules for choosing quality alcohol:

  • It is worth making it a rule to buy alcoholic beverages in trusted stores, retail chains or from licensed companies. If you want to save money and purchase alcoholic beverages in a street tent, pavilion, or by hand, be prepared for unpleasant consequences.
  • It is necessary to visually examine the container very carefully; if defects, chips, abrasions, scratches, a tear in the excise stamp, or its unnatural location were noticed, then it is better to refuse this product and choose something more suitable.
  • It is not advisable to choose cheap products. In this case, price may affect quality.

There is one interesting folk method that not everyone knows about. To understand by what method the alcoholic drink was bottled, manually or using special equipment, they take several bottles from the same company, with the same name, put them in a row and look at the neck. If the contents of the container are on the same level and create a kind of line, then most likely it is a high-quality drink that has been packaged at the factory. If the liquid is poured into each bottle differently, in some places more, in others less, then 100% of the alcohol was poured by hand and can pose a potential threat not only to the health of the buyer, but also to life. The essence of this experiment is that even a very trained person will not be able to achieve maximum accuracy, which is easily achieved by special equipment.

Don't forget to pay attention to the label, it should contain the following information:

  1. Name of product and manufacturer.
  2. Address of the plant where the products were manufactured.
  3. Container volume.
  4. Percentage of alcohol.
  5. Compound.
  6. Best before date.
  7. Quality compliance information.

The label must be glued evenly, carefully, applying 4 layers of adhesive. If you have any doubts about the quality of the proposed product, you have the right, according to the law of the Russian Federation, to demand a license and a package of permits.

Hello, dear readers! Today I propose to talk about what counterfeiting is, how to deal with it, and how alcohol is checked using the excise stamp.

Did you think that surrogate drinks are protected so reliably that it would be impossible to calculate them with some knowledge? That excise tax can be bought at any Soyuzpechat stall and not be held liable? We will try to figure out how excise tax can serve as a guarantee of quality, and how the process of obtaining certification is monitored.

It is believed that the excise stamp was invented by the state solely for the purpose of obtaining tax on the sale of alcohol, so that the tax office could regulate the alcohol market and influence the price. This is partly true, but a simple distinctive sign can also protect the health of the consumer and warn him against purchasing low-quality products. To know everything about excise duty, I will try to describe the main verification methods and nuances that will show that this is a fake.

How to spot a fake yourself

1. Mindfulness

Remember the children's game "Find the Differences". When you pick up a bottle of alcoholic drink in a supermarket, it’s time to remember your powers of observation and see if all the degrees of protection are on the sticker that holds the container and lid together.

Counterfeiting any means of protection is a costly business, which is why excise forms often pay attention to the simplest aspects, while complex levels are ignored. 4 nuances that are worth paying attention to:

  • Inkjet stamp number;
  • Barcode;
  • Foil holographic image;
  • Information about the manufacturing plant, security level, release date.

2. Scan

If you buy alcohol not at a kiosk but at a market that respects its reputation, there must be a special scanner there. He may be waiting for you at the reception desk. It is enough to scan the excise stamp for the electronics to check all levels of compliance. Although, according to experts, even with such a check you will not be given 100% guarantees.

3. Measure seven times

Each excise sticker has its own size. For alcoholic drinks it is installed in two versions: 90x26 and 62x21. If the dimensions do not correspond to those specified, or have uneven or wrinkled edges, you should be wary.

Another nuance is that on a large stamp the upper part is separated from the larger lower golden thread. It does not erase, does not smear, and can be pulled out of the paper if necessary.

4. Little tricks

Surrogate alcohol should be low in cost, so spending money on counterfeit protection is not in the interests of bootleggers. To make it easier for consumers to identify counterfeit goods, small fragments, invisible at first glance, were invented on protective parcels (stamps).

Knowing about them, identifying the original will not be difficult. Such invisible signs of originality include:

  • At the top of the text, the word “brand” is written in a negative stripe, and “FMS” in a positive one;
  • The hologram diamonds contain a pattern with the “RF” logo woven into it in the central part;
  • The strip with the inscription “Federal special stamp” gradually changing colors, goes from a negative print to a positive one;
  • The excise paper itself is made in the form of self-adhesive and does not have luminescence;
  • Fibers are scattered over the entire surface; they may be non-luminescent red or luminescent yellow-red.

Video instruction

Video instructions on how to distinguish a fake excise stamp from a real one

Checking via the Internet

There are several ways to check the protection of a liquor online.

Last chance

There is another 100% verification option, but it is more likely to be used by relatives or police authorities in the event of death or alcohol poisoning. This is a forensic examination conducted by the Forensic Science Center.

Here the liquid will be broken down into its components and molecules and it will be determined whether it corresponds to the lofty name of the ethyl-containing potion or is a fake. They will also study excise duty here. They will probably even determine what equipment it was printed on. Only these measures will be a reaction to the event that we are planning to prevent.

Conclusion

Knowledge about the levels of protection of alcoholic beverages and ways to verify their originality, of course, gives you additional guarantees when purchasing, but does not at all protect you from skillful, expensive counterfeiting. After all, the stereotype that a surrogate is made only in the form of burnt vodka has long outlived itself and in our realities, elite, expensive alcohol is of greater interest.

Now you are armed with the necessary knowledge and you have less chance of running into a fake. But I still highly recommend reading the article about. This is a very terrible poison, the intake of which in most cases leads to blindness and even to of death. In case of methyl poisoning, the clock is ticking and it is extremely important to have the necessary information to take the necessary measures.

This is where I end. I would like to advise you to buy alcohol only in specialized stores and still pay attention to the excise tax, because it is printed for us! Subscribe to my blog updates, share interesting facts on social networks, and receive fresh and reliable information first-hand!

Until we meet again, Pavel Dorofeev.

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