POLAND EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS VODKA INGREDIENTS ROW
February 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
POLAND, supported by Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden are resisting a European Commission proposal to allow vodka to be sold in the European Union (EU) using non-traditional ingredients. Poland and its allies want vodka-labelled drinks to be based only on cereals and potatoes. But this angered drinks manufacturers such as Diageo, who back the Commission's solution that non-traditional ingredients be allowed, if clearly declared. At an EU Council of Ministers meeting, Poland said: "The use of raw materials ...
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