MIXED ALCOHOLIC DRINKS SHOULD HAVE INFORMATIVE LABELLING SAY MEPS
June 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MIXED ingredient alcoholic drinks such as alcopops should always carry informative labelling making it clear they contain alcohol and stating other ingredients, under a new European Union (EU) labelling regulation. This has been approved today at the European Parliament, although further votes by MEPs and the EU Council of Ministers will be held later. In its first reading vote, the parliament also agreed that generally alcoholic drinks should be exempt from nutrition labelling it wants made compulsory for food products, soft drinks and juices. ...
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