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WHO HEALTH EVIDENCE REPORT ON ALCOHOL LABELLING IN EUROPE

June 9 2020

Markets European Union Organization World Health Organization (WHO) Topic Food Safety and Security What is the current alcohol labelling practice in the WHO European Region and what are barriers and facilitators to development and...

Markets European Union
Organization World Health Organization (WHO)
Topic Food Safety and Security

What is the current alcohol labelling practice in the WHO European Region and what are barriers and facilitators to development and implementation of alcohol labelling policy? In the WHO European Region, 40% of Member States have some legislation on ingredients listing, 19% have some legislation on inclusion of nutritional values and 28% have some legislation on some health information labelling or warnings on alcohol products (including warnings for pregnant women, on drinking and driving and on underage drinking or general warnings on harm to health). Compared with other fields, such as tobacco or foodstuffs, the presence of labelling on alcohol products is limited and most labelling legislation still does not align fully with WHO’s 2017 discussion paper on policy options for alcohol labelling (Alcohol labelling: a discussion document on policy options), particularly with regards to presentation of the label (in terms of message size and visibility and periodically changing the nature of the message)

Tags: European Union, alcohol containing beverages

    

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