USTR RELEASES INTELLIGENCE ON BULGARIAN DRINKS COUNTERFEITING
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE DISTILLED Spirits Council of the United States has pressed the US Trade Representative office for further action over counterfeit spirits from Bulgaria, even though progress has been made against the problem. In a detailed report, it welcomed increased seizures - 1,296 cases of fake US whiskeys in 2006, compared with 284 AEPV cases in 2005, for instance. It also was happy with a new 'Ordinance for the Control and Coordination of the Control over Wines, Alcohol, Distillates and Alcoholic Beverages', boosting official controls. However, it wants ...
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