(1) The building used for the brewery be constructed with brick or stone and the roof of the building shall be of reinforced cement concrete or Madras Terrace or shall be of non-inflammable material.
(2) All windows, ventilators and skylights in the building other than those in the ware-house and store room shall be fitted with rods spaced not more than 10 centimeters apart, centre to centre.
All the windows, ventilators and skylights in the ware-house store room shall be covered with galvanized wire net or square mesh, not more than ½ centimeter apart.
(3) All the doors which are to be fitted with Excise ticket locks shall be free from tampering of the hinges from outside.
(4) All the doors fitted to the buildings shall open outwards.
(5) There shall be no thatched building within the brewery or ware-house compound.
(6) All the openings in the external walls intended for the efflux of waste water shall be covered with grills affixed to the wall.
(7) There shall be separate rooms or compartments for fermentation process, storage of finished beer in vats, *for bottling, sealing and for storage of beer. The door of each room or compartment for storage of finished beer in vats, **for bottling, sealing and for storage of beer shall be provided with excise ticket lock. The door of each room or compartment for fermentation * amended by G.,O.Ms.No.11, H, P&E (III) Dept, dated
14.02.2018 ** amended by G.,O.Ms.No.11, H, P&E (III) Dept, dated 14.02.2018 8 process and the compartment in which maturation and filtration processes are done need not be secured with excise ticket lock.
The compartments shall have their grills embedded in cement. No such room or compartment shall be used for more than one of any such purpose.
(8) All gas and electric connection within the brewery shall be fixed in such a manner as to ensure that the supply of gas or electricity can be cut off and all the regulator or switch securely locked at the end of each day’s work.
(9) Unless otherwise directed by the Commissioner in writing, there shall be only one entrance to the brewery and one emergency exit and one door to each of its rooms or compartment. All the doors which are provided with excise ticket locks as prescribed under sub-rule (7) shall be secured with excise ticket locks during the absence of the Excise Supervisory Officer.