However, since some intellectuals strongly criticized that this would result in the deterioration of purity and quality of sake, the Ministry of the Treasury issued a notification that the second Zosanshu should be basically treated as a third-grade seishu.
しかし、識者から日本酒の純粋性と品質低下を招くとの根強い批判があったために、大蔵省は第2次増産酒は原則として清酒三級として取り扱うよう通達を出した。