US: Updated alcohol labelling proposal aired - report
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 31 July 2007
A new rule, requiring alcoholic content and nutritional information to be added on all alcoholic drink packaging, has been proposed by the US Treasury Department.
According to a report from Associated Press, the rule will be published for public comment today (31 July) and suggests that labels with a statement of the drink's percentage of abv and content should be included on all alcoholic beverages.
While spirit and wine labels must include the percentage of abv, this information is not compulsory on beer labels in the US, except in certain states. However, any beer labelled as 'light' beer, must detail both caloric content and the percentage of abv on the label.
The Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau will rule on the proposal in October, allowing interested parties to give their opinion between now and then.
The department added that, should the rule be made official, it would make the information labels mandatory three years after the final rules are published.
No-one was available for comment at the US Treasury Department when contacted by just-drinks today (31 July).
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It should be noted that in the United States there is one classification of alcoholic beverages for which nutritional labelling is already required. That is wines of 6.9% alcohol or less. They are not governed by BATF but rather by FDA. Because ciders and perrys are considered fruit wines those brands of 6.9% and less have had nutritional labelling for many years.
Hank said at 12:44 am, August 15, 2007
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