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Study Says Increasing Demand for Craft Beer Will Boost Europe's Beer Market Through 2020
Jan 5, 2017A new study by Technavio has revealed that increase in demand for craft beers will boost the beer market in Europe through 2020. Europe's beer market is anticipated to increase at a steady compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 1% ...
Tags: Craft Beer, Beer
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Cask Wine May Be Hit by New Taxes, But Australian Invention Creates Export Opportunity for Casks
Apr 6, 2016The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) is calling on the Federal Government to apply heavier taxes to cheap alcohol including wine sold in casks. Although the wine cask was invented in South Australia in the 1960s, the RACP ...
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The Victorian Government Banned The Sale of Powdered Alcohol with Effect From 1 July 2015
Jul 7, 2015The Victorian government banned the sale of powdered alcohol with effect from 1 July 2015, and is urging other States to follow suit, in the wake of a new powdered-alcohol product ‘Palcohol’. The Victorian Minister for ...
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Work on The New EU Alcohol Strategy (2016-2022)
May 8, 2015Plans for labelling the calorie content of alcoholic beverages should be tabled by the European Commission at the latest in 2016, according to members of the European Parliament. The resolution calls for a new EU Alcohol Strategy focusing ...
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MEPs Lend Support to Include Labels with Calorie Values on All Alcoholic Drinks
May 5, 2015Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have lent support to include labels with calorie values on all alcoholic drinks. Justifying their demand, public health experts said that such labels were important for consumers to make informed ...
Tags: alcoholic drinks, drinks
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Lords Committee Calls EU to Implement Tighter Regulations on Taxation and Labeling
Mar 11, 2015A House of Lords committee is calling European Union (EU) to implement tighter regulations on taxation and labeling, in order to combat alcohol-related harm This comes as the committee thought that the EU alcohol strategy implemented from ...
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Australians Drinking 25 Per Cent Less Alcohol Than 40 Years Ago,Reported ALSA
Jan 28, 2015Australians are drinking 25 per cent less alcohol than 40 years ago, according to a new report prepared by the Australian Liquor Stores Association (ALSA). ALSA said the report, which it said was based on data sourced from the Australian ...
Tags: Liquor Stores, alcohol, Agriculture
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Majority of Australian Jurisdictions Scored "Well Below" a Pass Grade in Alcohol Policy
Jan 13, 2015January 12, 2015 Sophie Langley Alcohol policy national scorecard rankings released for governments across Australia The majority of Australian jurisdictions scored “well below” a pass grade in alcohol policy in an annual ...
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European Alcohol Policy Alliance Requests an End to Alcohol Sponsorship in in Formula One
Nov 17, 2014I am writing to you on behalf of the European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare), an alliance of 57 public health organisations from 25 European countries working on the prevention and reduction of alcohol related harm. Improving road ...
Tags: road safety, alcohol sponsorship of Formula One, Agriculture
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UK Alcohol Industry Welcomes The Government's Challenge to Take Action to Handle Drink
Jul 25, 2014British alcohol industry has welcomed the government’s challenge to take action to handle drink-related harms that cost £21bn annually. The new pledges form a part of the industry's continuing commitment to the government's ...
Tags: UK Alcohol Industry, harms, Food