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Alcohol Beverages: Labeling and Health Claims (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date April 10, 2003
Report Number RL30523
Report Type Report
Authors Donna V. Porter, Domestic Social Policy Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

On March 3, 2003, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau published final rules that would prohibit the appearance in labeling or advertising of any statement that makes a substantive claim regarding health benefits associated with alcohol beverage consumption, unless specific criteria are met. This announcement followed several years of debate on whether to allow health benefit statements to appear on wine products. For more than a decade, mandatory health warnings have appeared on all alcohol beverages.