Agriculture and Food Sovereignty
Minister Francesco Lollobrigida said Wednesday that Ireland was
being "irresponsible" with its drive to bring in health warnings
on the labels of wine and other alcoholic drinks.
"There is an attempt to stigmatize some products, wine in
particular, by some nations, especially Ireland, that we
consider to be totally irresponsible," Lollobrigida said at the
opening of the Aquafarm fair in Pordenone.
Lollobrigida has said the Irish health warnings on wine have
split Europe and allegedly breach common trade treaties.
Italy has made common cause with France, Spain and six other big
wine producing countries against the new labels.
The European Commission has given the green light to the
warnings on wine, beer and spirits, even though this would
require specific labels for products sold in Ireland and thus
pose a limitation to the single market.
Dublin is hoping to bring in the health warnings within months
after informing the World Trade Organization of the new warning
labels.
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