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Monday, 15 February 2010 18:47 |
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 UK's Department of Health performed a survey of wine labeling for alcohol and health and found that only 15% were complying with the agreed upon industry standards (that were suppose to take effect in 2008). How will this change import labeling (and how does this work with the EU "standard" labeling laws)?
Full article at the guardian.co.uk:
Drinks companies may be forced to put health warnings on alcohol after it was revealed today that the industry is widely shunning a voluntary code on labelling.
Just 15% of drinks carry the five messages agreed under a protocol between the industry and the government three years ago, which said most labels would comply by 2008, according a report by the Department of Health. Ministers condemned the findings as "very disappointing" and launched a consultation on future options, including forcing producers to put the warnings on bottles.
Campaigners accused them of wasting time and called for a mandatory code to be introduced. "The time for consultation is over," Alison Rogers, chief executive of the British Liver Trust, said. "The alcohol industry has shown that it is not capable of acting collectively for the good of public health and the code should be mandatory and strictly enforced.
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