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What’s NOT on the bottle: Alcohol exempt from Food Information to Consumers Provision
Today
was the second reading of the Provision of Food Information to Consumers
legislation in the European Parliament, which continues to exclude
alcohol from a mandatory contents list of ingredients.
Eurocare
(European Alcohol Policy Alliance), of which IAS is a member, has
released a statement expressing extreme disappointment with this
decision.
Marian Skar, Secretary General of Eurocare, says:
‘We
are very disappointed and concerned about the exemption of alcohol from
providing information to consumers. Labelling alcoholic drinks would
allow consumers to make an informed choice about their diet and health.
This is a bitter reminder about the influence of the powerful industry
lobbying on the politicians and their failure to give priority to
interest of the people. It really makes us all wonder what is in our
drinks, that the industry is so afraid to tell us’
Download the full statement here (pdf 140kb)