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What are the regulatory standards for water used in spirits? FSSAI, IS 10500 and the industry floor
The law sets a floor for the water that dilutes a spirit — in India, it points straight at the drinking-water standard IS 10500. But potable is not the same as suitable, and the water distilleries actually reduce with sits far above that legal minimum. Here is what the regulations require, what they leave to the distiller, and why the gap between the two matters.