Product safety and glass bottles
Beer bottles made of glass represent a product hazard in and of themselves, which from the standpoint of both the glass manufacturer and also the brewery cannot be completely eliminated. Repeatedly, spontaneously exploding beer bottles cause property damage and often result in personal injury. In order to minimize this unavoidable risk, an agreement must be reached between the glass manufacturer and the brewery in the form of a contract specifying the minimum requirements regarding the quality of the glass bottles. When designing glass bottles, one must avoid raised embossing or irregular bottle shapes that can compromise the strength of the glass. This article summarizes the essential requirements and also provides assistance for exercising due diligence regarding this issue; in fact, it is a condensed version of a presentation given at the Second Brewing Science Seminar in Wuhan, China (March 7 – 11, 2011).
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