According to the ministry, such products are considered sub-standard and were allegedly misrepresented by using the names of standard alcohol categories. The ministry also said laboratory testing of sampled rum and whisky products from multiple manufacturers detected the presence of external artificial or nature-identical flavours. The government further referred to the "7 years old blended" claim on an Old Monk XXX Rum variant, calling it misleading. The affected brands include Old Monk rum variants, McDowell's No.1 Rum, Bagpiper Deluxe Whisky, Old Cask Deluxe XXX Rum, Antiquity Blue Whisky and Royal Challenge Whisky. However, it emphasised that the current issue concerns the addition of flavours representing the alcoholic beverage itself, such as rum flavour in rum or whisky flavour in whisky.