by InTrieste
Friuli Venezia-Giulia wine producers have objected strongly to Ireland’s plan to require health warning labels on wine bottles, outlining the links between alcohol and fatal cancers, after the move was approved by the EU Commission.
Under plans by the Irish government, bottles of wine, beer and spirits sold in Ireland will have to carry health warnings listing links between alcohol consumption and cancer, similar to the system already in place on cigarette packets.
The warning labels will also state the dangers of liver disease from over-consumption and the risks of drinking while pregnant, reports The Irish Independent.
Italy’s foreign affairs minister Antonio Tajani said Ireland’s decision to place health warnings on Italian wine was “absurd” and did not take into account “the difference between moderate consumption and alcohol abuse”.
Local FVG wine producers protested saying that wine “in small dozes is good for health and great for feeling good.”
