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The Czech Republic has issued guidelines on the labelling of alcoholic drinks including spirits

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On 30 June 2022, the Czech Republic issued guidelines on the labelling of alcoholic beverages such as spirits.  The main contents are as follows:  

(1) Terms and definitions.  Description, label, commercial advertisement, etc.  
 
(2) Label requirements.  Mandatory information (i.e. the legal name of a food or drink) should be clearly visible, easy to read, indelible, not hidden, not vague;  The average font height should be at least 1.2mm;  Actual alcohol content expressed as percentage by volume;  
 
(3)Method of expressing the name of the wine product: names forbidden to use, whiskey cannot be added with sugar, whiskey name cannot be used and other requirements;  Classification of spirits and mandatory names of 44 spirits;  expressions of compound alcoholic beverages and prohibited compound expressions;  Examples of correct and incorrect labels. 

The guidelines come into effect as of the date of promulgation. 


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