ENRICHED DRINKS ROW
May 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE USE by the spirits industry of certain marker chemicals to check for counterfeit products is being threatened by a proposed European Union (EU) directive on vitamin enriched food and drink. That said, an amendment tabled by the European Parliament's environment and food safety committee would save such practices, should it receive support from the full assembly and the EU Council of Ministers. A committee memorandum said it was "necessary to retain the potential use of vitamins and minerals, in very small quantities, as authenticity markers ...
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