POLES PROTEST OVER VODKA DEFINITION
April 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLPOLAND is fighting a rearguard action to ensure a deal over the labelling and definition of 'vodka' drinks in the European Union (EU) gives only limited rights to producers using non-traditional ingredients. In a paper tabled at a recent EU Council of Ministers meeting (April 16) it called for negotiations to "take account of the best interest of consumers" so "information on untypical raw materials" should be included in the product description "or placed directly next to it in the same size [and] font." The Polish government repeated its ...
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