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Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

Answer

Today, the Department has published a public consultation seeking views on when and if the Government should take action to require health and unit information, including information on alcohol and pregnancy, to be included on all alcohol bottles and cans, should the voluntary agreement with the alcohol industry not be delivered by the end of 2008.The consultation also asks for views on the need for a new alcohol retailing code and whether such a code should be mandatory. The findings of the KPMG review of the effectiveness of the alcohol industry's existing social responsibility standards are published today.The consultation paper asks what more can be done by the NHS and others to ensure that help is available for those suffering from ill health due to alcohol misuse. Data on alcohol-related hospital admissions, giving better recognition to the breadth of health harm caused by alcohol misuse and their impact on the NHS, are published alongside the consultation.A summary of the first phase of the independent review of the effects of alcohol price and promotion is published alongside the consultation, along with a Department's paper updating the estimate of the cost of alcohol misuse to the NHS. The consultation paper and the summary of the first phase of the independent review have been placed in the Library.Ministers will consider the consultation responses in the autumn and will consider further action in light of the second phase findings of the independent review of the relationship between alcohol price, promotion and harm.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

221151; 479 c1075W;479 c1075-6W

Session

2007-08

Related items

Deposited Paper DEP2008-2022
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Deposited papers
House of Commons

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Labelling

Link

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