Methanol in Mezcal: Is it Possible to Increase the Current Thresholds Allowed by Mexican Standards?

Abstract The allowed limits of methanol by Mexican norms for mezcal set the maximum at 300 mg/100 ml of alcohol 100%. The standard was established in 1986 taking wine as reference. The Norm NOM-142-SSA1-1995 maintains that value today, although in Europe, then and now, the limits for methanol in dis...

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Autores principales:	González Seguí,Héctor Oscar, Hendrik Giersiepen,Jan, Hernández López,José de Jesús
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Instituto de Estudios Avanzados. 2021
Materias:	mezcal agave standards on alcoholic beverages methanol toxicity
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0719-499420210003000562021-11-04Methanol in Mezcal: Is it Possible to Increase the Current Thresholds Allowed by Mexican Standards?González Seguí,Héctor OscarHendrik Giersiepen,JanHernández López,José de Jesús mezcal agave standards on alcoholic beverages methanol toxicity Abstract The allowed limits of methanol by Mexican norms for mezcal set the maximum at 300 mg/100 ml of alcohol 100%. The standard was established in 1986 taking wine as reference. The Norm NOM-142-SSA1-1995 maintains that value today, although in Europe, then and now, the limits for methanol in distilled fruit beverages are well above the content permitted by Mexican Standards. We review the toxicology of methanol and the process of making norms about the allowed contains in alcoholic beverages in Mexico and other countries, and concluded that is possible a revision of standards on methanol maintaining health requirements. The article proposes the revision of the current Norms for the agave distillates, taking mezcals as a case study. We remark that it represents an opportunity for certain traditional beverages (fermented and distilled) that exceed the present standard level.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Instituto de Estudios Avanzados.RIVAR (Santiago) v.8 n.24 20212021-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-49942021000300056en10.35588/rivar.v8i24.4886
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spellingShingle	mezcal agave standards on alcoholic beverages methanol toxicity González Seguí,Héctor Oscar Hendrik Giersiepen,Jan Hernández López,José de Jesús Methanol in Mezcal: Is it Possible to Increase the Current Thresholds Allowed by Mexican Standards?
description	Abstract The allowed limits of methanol by Mexican norms for mezcal set the maximum at 300 mg/100 ml of alcohol 100%. The standard was established in 1986 taking wine as reference. The Norm NOM-142-SSA1-1995 maintains that value today, although in Europe, then and now, the limits for methanol in distilled fruit beverages are well above the content permitted by Mexican Standards. We review the toxicology of methanol and the process of making norms about the allowed contains in alcoholic beverages in Mexico and other countries, and concluded that is possible a revision of standards on methanol maintaining health requirements. The article proposes the revision of the current Norms for the agave distillates, taking mezcals as a case study. We remark that it represents an opportunity for certain traditional beverages (fermented and distilled) that exceed the present standard level.
author	González Seguí,Héctor Oscar Hendrik Giersiepen,Jan Hernández López,José de Jesús
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title	Methanol in Mezcal: Is it Possible to Increase the Current Thresholds Allowed by Mexican Standards?
title_short	Methanol in Mezcal: Is it Possible to Increase the Current Thresholds Allowed by Mexican Standards?
title_full	Methanol in Mezcal: Is it Possible to Increase the Current Thresholds Allowed by Mexican Standards?
title_fullStr	Methanol in Mezcal: Is it Possible to Increase the Current Thresholds Allowed by Mexican Standards?
title_full_unstemmed	Methanol in Mezcal: Is it Possible to Increase the Current Thresholds Allowed by Mexican Standards?
title_sort	methanol in mezcal: is it possible to increase the current thresholds allowed by mexican standards?
publisher	Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Instituto de Estudios Avanzados.
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Methanol in Mezcal: Is it Possible to Increase the Current Thresholds Allowed by Mexican Standards?

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