VODKA LABELLING RULES DEAL STRUCK BY EU COUNCIL
October 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have bowed to the political pressure by traditional vodka making countries such as Poland in approving a compromise over the vexed question of what is allowed in a drink labeled 'vodka'. Under a political agreement thrashed out yesterday (Wed) at the EU Council of Ministers, there would be two categories of vodka sold in the EU:
*'Vodka', which would have to be made from traditional ingredients "cereals, potatoes and/or molasses from sugar beet..."; and
*'Vodka made/distilled from (add ingredient used)', ...
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