POLAND VODKA DEFINITION EU COUNCIL OFMINISTERS ROW

BY ALAN OSBORN THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has ordered its committees of national officials to stage a "thorough examination" of the official EU definition of vodka, because of a row between member states over its terms. Poland, supported by Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden, is resisting a European Commission proposal to allow vodka to continue being sold in the EU using non-traditional ingredients. Poland wants the official EU definition changed under a general reform of European drinks labelling ...


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