In Europe, the theme of “health warning” returns in the labels of alcoholic drinks in Beca revision

The proposal in the draft by European Parliament Committee on Public Health. Unione Italiana Vini (Uiv): “worrying and incoherent signal”

“Sometimes they come back” to quote one of the most famous titles by the great writer Stephen King. And the saying also applies when looking at the first draft, published in recent days, of the guidelines of the new Beca (Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan) from the European Parliament Committee on Public Health, which urges the European Commission to present legislative proposals on health warnings on labels “without further delay”. This is an issue which seemed to have been settled, even after Ireland postponed the measure (from 2026 to 2028). In recent years, among much controversy, Ireland had broken ranks on this front. Instead, the topic is once again taking center stage and, as highlighted by Unione Italiana Vini (Uiv), headed by Lamberto Frescobaldi, it risks reopening a debate that had already been resolved and unjustly penalizing a strategic sector of Made in Europe”.