§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information his Department collects on the alcoholic content of beverages. [123597]
§ Ms Quin[holding answer 25 May 2000]: We do not collect specific information on the alcoholic content of beverages. In order to prevent consumers from being misled, all prepacked alcoholic drinks with an alcoholic strength of more than 1.2 per cent. must be labelled with an indication of their alcoholic strength by volume (abv). In addition, minimum alcoholic strengths for specified spirit drinks above 15 per cent. abv, and for wine, are laid down in EC legislation.