{"title":"Nutrition Labelling on Alcoholic Beverages: A Behavioural Law and Economics Study on Mandatory Alcohol Labelling","authors":"H. Schebesta, K. Purnhagen, S. Hieke","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3362466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3362466","url":null,"abstract":"The exemption for alcoholic beverages from the nutrition declaration is currently discussed by policy makers. In this contribution, we use findings from consumer studies in order to analyse alcohol nutrition labelling. We first explain how alcohol nutrition labelling is currently regulated and survey the on-going policy process, including an analysis of the self-regulatory proposals that have been tabled by the alcohol beverages industry. On the basis of consumer studies, we argue that there are no reasons for excluding alcohol beverages from nutrition labelling. We further suggest that alcohol content labelling itself, currently absent from the policy agenda, should be included. Our recommendations are to study directive, semi-directive, and non-directive alcohol nutrition information labelling options. In light of highly varying attitudes across EU Member States to alcohol consumption, non-directive nutrition information (e.g. alcohol gram content in the nutrition declaration) may be most politically feasible and suitable to accommodate this diversity in the EU context.","PeriodicalId":248378,"journal":{"name":"FoodSciRN: Food Labeling (Topic)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133602294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policy Case Study -- Food Labeling: Climate for Sustainable Growth","authors":"A. Cosbey","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2696716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2696716","url":null,"abstract":"This case study is part of the CEPS project ‘Climate for Sustainable Growth’, whose main objective is to analyse the impacts of climate change mitigation measures on the three pillars of sustainable development: the economic, environmental and social dimensions. It analyses food labeling via studies of cocoa labeling in Ghana, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, and the EU's initiative on product environmental footprinting (focusing on food).The structure of this case study follows the methodology outlined in the paper “Climate for Sustainable Growth: Scoping Paper”, and comprises of four sections:(1) Sector characteristics: agriculture and climate change;(2) Climate-related policies: the labels and standards;(3) Environmental, social and economic impacts of the policies;(4) Measures to mitigate impacts of the policies.This case study, and the methodology it follows, are not intended to analyse the merit of the policies and measures that are being implemented, or their effectiveness and efficiency, but will focus on their socioeconomic-environmental impacts, and measures to alleviate these impacts in the period of transition.","PeriodicalId":248378,"journal":{"name":"FoodSciRN: Food Labeling (Topic)","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128599566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}