Drink wine and be healthy
Consumers in the United States will soon be seeing messages on wine bottles praising the health benefits of drinking wine.
The federal authorities haveapproved the use of a voluntary label alluding to the positive effects of drinking wine in moderation.
The message will appear alongside a government-mandated warning about the detrimental effects of alcohol consumption.
Winemakers in California, who have long sought a way to distance themselves from products like cigarettes, have welcomed the new guidelines.
But the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence fears the message could be taken as encouragement to drink more, with potentially disastrous consequences for people's health.
Source BBC News
The federal authorities haveapproved the use of a voluntary label alluding to the positive effects of drinking wine in moderation.
The message will appear alongside a government-mandated warning about the detrimental effects of alcohol consumption.
Winemakers in California, who have long sought a way to distance themselves from products like cigarettes, have welcomed the new guidelines.
But the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence fears the message could be taken as encouragement to drink more, with potentially disastrous consequences for people's health.
Source BBC News
