Brewery Insurance
Brewery Product Recall Insurance
A bad batch that has already gone out to venues and bottle shops is a different problem from one that never left the brewery. You have to find it, pull it, tell people and replace it. That costs money before anyone has made a liability claim.
Example
How cover can respond in practice
A brewery finds that a run of canned beer has been mis-sealed and is going flat and sour. Product is already in 30 venues and several bottle shops. Recall cover can help with collecting, replacing and notifying, subject to the policy wording and what triggered the recall.
What recall cover can help with
Costs that recall cover can help with
Collecting and destroying affected product
Transport and storage of recalled stock
Replacing or refunding product, depending on the policy
Public relations and communications support, where included
Extra staff time and overtime during the recall
Before you call
Questions to think about before you call
- 01
Where does your beer go once it leaves the brewery?
- 02
Do you can, bottle or keg?
- 03
How would you track a batch if you had to pull it?
- 04
Do you have a written quality or recall process?
Brewery insurance
More brewery cover guides
Brewery insurance overview
Why use a broker
Stock and production
Business interruption
Liability for breweries
Brewery case study
Product recall
Taproom insurance
Contract brewing
Keg insurance
Machinery breakdown
Stock spoilage and refrigeration
Fire and hot works
Start-up brewery
Events and festivals
Goods in transit
Workers’ compensation
Cyber insurance
Lease requirements
Brewpub insurance
Canning and bottling lines
Tours and tastings
Brewery insurance cost
Management liability
Theft and break-in
Storm and flood
Employee theft
Pollution and spills
Hop and grain storage
Solar panels
Signage
Merchandise and online shop
Beer festival organiser
Multi-site brewery
Selling a brewery checklist
How to make a claim
Distillery insurance
Winery insurance
Cidery insurance
FAQs
No. Product liability deals with claims from people harmed by your product. Recall deals with the cost of pulling product back.
Not always. Some policies need a government or regulator order, others respond to voluntary recalls. The trigger matters, so we check it.
It depends on your volume, packaging and distribution. We get quotes so you can see the cost against the risk.
If you sell through bottle shops, venues or online, it is worth a conversation.
Contact us
Want us to review your cover?
Send us your policy or tell us about your business and we’ll go through it with you.
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