Walter Farke (MPH) Deutsches Institut für Sucht- und Präventionsforschung (DISuP)
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Walter Farke (MPH)Deutsches Institut für Sucht- und
Präventionsforschung (DISuP)
Overview of existing labels – A review of practices in Europe
European Parliament, Brussels17. March 2011
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Consumer labelling of alcoholic beverages
• Enticing consumers to buy the product Package as advertising space
• Helping the consumers to make informed decisions Product information
• Alerting the consumers about health and safety risks Warning statements
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Main objective of WP 5 – Member State experiences:
Collect practices on labelling of alcoholic beverages across Europe, focussing more particularly on EU-MS.
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The data collection focussed on information and warningmessages covering:
- General health warnings;
- Specific health warnings ( e.g. liver cirrhosis);
- Information about units;
- Drinking guidelines;
- Legal age limits for purchasing alcoholic beverages;
- Messages about drinking in moderation;
- Drinking and Driving;
- Operating machinery;
- Harm to others (family members or other third parties).
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Mandatory Information (beverages > 1.2% ABV),governed by the EU:
Mandatory for all:
- Product name
- Beverage category
- Quantity: L, cl, ml
- Strenght: % ABV
- Contact info
- Code or batch
- Place of origin
- Certain specific ingredients
Mandatory for some:
- Minimum durability
- Allergens
- Easily understandable language
- One or more official languages
- Additional (not alternative to text) pictogram for sulphites in wine and sparkling wine
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National Governmental actions:
Germany 2004 (mandatory):
• Age limits for alcopops
France 2007 (mandatory):
• Alcohol consumption and pregnancy
Russia 2007 (mandatory):
• Health warnings for different target groups, age limits
United Kingdom 2007 (voluntary):
• Alcohol content in units• Lower-risk guidelines • Alcohol and pregnancy message
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Alcohol industries actions (voluntary):
Denmark (1995):• Alcohol content in units (revised 2009)
The Netherlands (2004):• Responsible drinking message (website)
Germany (2006):• Age limits: “Beer? Sorry, at 16 years.“• Drinking and Driving (campaigns)• Responsible drinking message: “Enjoy beer consciously“
Lithuania (2010):• Age limits
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Combination of responsibility message and web address
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Impact and effectiveness
• Greater awareness of the messages was identified (Stockwell 2006).
• Evidence of awareness and recall of the messages was found, especially among teenagers & pregnant women (McKinnon et al. 2000, Guillemont & Leon 2008).
• Increasing awareness of the standard drink concept was also shown in Australia (Loxley et al. 2004).
• It was shown that 17% of the 12-17 year-old alcohol consumers were prevented from buying alcopops when using age limits labels (Federal Institute for Health Education 2005).
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Determinants to grab attention:
• Label clutter
• Location
• Orientation
• Contrast
• Colour
• Pictorials
• Signal icons/ texts
• Border
• Combination
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Results of a qualitative study (VicHealth 2009):
•At the beginning, health warnings should be factual and informative;
•Labels most likely to be effective are those linked with existing media campaigns;
•If images are included, they would be more effective if they are linked with other elements of a social marketing campaign;
•Messages should not tell the consumers what to do. Participants who had personal bad experiences in relation with their drinking behaviours are especially reluctant to these types of messages;
•“Health Warning” was the most preferred wording.
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Suggestions of “Health Warning“ labels (Eurocare 2009)
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Suggestions of “Health Warning“ labels (SABMiller plc 2010, July 2010)
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Suggestions of “Health Warning“ labels(SABMiller plc 2010, Nov. 2010)
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Conclusions
Mandatory regulations should be the best way to use health warning labels and other information on alcoholic beverages, because ...
they ensure widest possible reach of the population; they ensure a design that enhances visibility, e.g. they should
determine the minimum size and the placement of the health warnings on the labels;
they ensure the relevance of the content of the messages, which really closing the gaps of knowledge among the consumers;
they provide the opportunity to support and reinforce warning messages on alcoholic beverages with similar messages on alcohol advertisement;
they ensure accessibility of specific target groups, e.g. pregnant women.
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