The phrase "alcohol labelling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the practice of providing information about alcohol content, ingredients, or health warnings on alcoholic beverage packaging.
Example: "The new regulations on alcohol labelling require manufacturers to include nutritional information on their products."
Alternatives: "alcohol labeling" or "labeling of alcoholic beverages".
In 2007 Lord Mitchell introduced an alcohol labelling bill into the House of Lords.
The seven major supermarkets and a host of drink manufacturers have also promised to increase the proportion of drinks with alcohol labelling on from 15% to 80% by the end of 2013.
Education and knowledge is paramount, so, a couple of weeks ago, the Global Drug Survey GDSS) released details of the biggest ever survey about alcohol labelling in this country.
Yet, this turns out to be new information for many: 65percentt of females under 25 polled didn't know that drinking less reduces the risk of seven types of cancer, while just over one in three British drinkers reckoned that alcohol labelling related to cancer, calories, the heart, health and violence was personally relevant to them.
Indeed, alcohol labelling continues to achieve poor levels of recall [ 26– 28], similar to that observed for obscure text-only tobacco labelling [ 24], due to less-than-optimal size, positioning, and design of labelling.
The move comes a day after a coalition of more than 70 consumer groups and experts petitioned the Treasury Department to require that its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which regulates alcohol labeling and advertising, require nutrition labels on all alcoholic beverages.
"Our beers are in full compliance with all alcohol labeling laws.
Trading standards officers found 656 litres of dodgy alcohol labelled as premium vodka.
It's time that this changed; we need mandatory health warnings on alcohol labels so that people know the facts and can make an informed choice".
"Through our commitment to the responsibility deal, the vast majority of alcohol labels on UK shelves will contain responsible drinking guidelines by 2013, supported by point-of-sale information in both the on-and-off trades".
