Spain's Castilla-La Mancha wine cooperatives concerned about new labeling in Ireland

Published Jun 15, 2023

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Wine cooperatives in Castilla-La Mancha are expressing concern over a new labeling law in Ireland, set to take effect in 2026, which will warn of the health effects of alcohol, particularly wine. They argue that the law is discriminatory and not in line with other EU countries. The sector has filed a complaint with the European Commission to prevent the proposal from being implemented, advocating for consistent marketing conditions across the EU. They support the new EU wine labeling standard, which will require a list of ingredients and nutritional assessment, set to be implemented in December 2023.

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The wine cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha have shown their concern about the approval of the new labeling law in Ireland, which will come into force in 2026, and which should warn of the effects that alcohol, in this case wine, causes in people's health. The spokesman for the organization's wine sector, Juan Fuente, lamented that Ireland "has legislated on its own without taking into account the opinion of the rest of the countries of the European Union" and has shown his disagreement with this measure. "From the sector we are very concerned about this measure. Not so much because of what it means for the Irish market, but because of the precedent that it can create in the medium-long term in other neighboring countries", criticized Fuente He has assured that "it will be a catastrophe for the sector" if the rest of the countries of the European Union begin to apply measures of this type. The wine spokesman for Cooperatives recalled that the European Committee of Wine Companies ...

Source: Agrodiario