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Health warnings to be put on alcoholic drink cans, bottles

The government is preparing legislation that could see manufacturers of wines, beers and spirits forced to print stark warnings of the dangers of over-consumption of alcohol on bottles, cans and all promotional material.

The revised labelling policy will not be published until the National Substance Misuse Strategy steering group submits a series of recommendations to Minister for Health James Reilly over the coming weeks.

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Source: Conor Pope, The Irish Times, 11/04/2011

Posted by Andy on 04/11 at 08:09 AM in
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