entary Party Group on Alcohol Misuse in the UK has recommended warning labels on alcoholic drinks to mitigate related health problems in the country.The group has recommended that the bottles need to be labeled with health warnings on lines of tobacco products.
The document released by the committee said: "Health warnings are a familiar and prominent feature on all tobacco products.
"Likewise, detailed nutritional labeling is ubiquitous on food products and soft drinks.
"Yet consumer information on alcohol products usually extends no further than the volume strength and unit content.
"In order to inform consumers about ¬balanced risk, every alcohol label should include an evidence-based health warning as well as describing the product's nutritional calorific and alcohol content."
The group has made 10 recommendations, including tighter restrictions on advertisement of alcoholic products, decrease in the drink-drive limit and a raise in the price of the cheapest alcohol.
All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse chairperson MP Tracey Crouch said: "The facts and figures of the scale of alcohol misuse in the UK speak for themselves - 1.2 million people a year are admitted to hospital due to alcohol; liver disease in those under 30 has more than doubled over the past 20 years and the cost of alcohol to the economy totals £21bn.
"Getting political parties to seriously commit to these 10 measures will be a massive step in tackling the huge public health issue that alcohol is."
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse has been established to promote discussion of alcohol-related issues and make recommendations to government.
