Discus Urges Standard Drink Labels, News Round Up
| Posted by Travel at 23 April 2008 21:4 | |
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Discus along with other consumer and public health groups (MADD, Consumer Federation of America, Dr. C. Everett Koop's Shape Up America! and National Consumers League) is urging the TTB to reevaluate it proposal for alcoholic drink labels. Under the TTB's current proposal, companies would not be required to disclose the amount of alcohol per serving. The proposal would also prohibit a company from featuring "standard drink" information on labels. A "standard drink," according to Discus, ..read more.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross has been doing a heroic task of looking after the Palestinians trapped on the boarder between Iraq and Syria. This effort, reported below, to find them homes far from the region (Bravo Chile) is no doubt a result of ICRC efforts as well as Chilean kindness. Many thanks to Jean-Jacques Fresard, chef de delegation of the ICRC in Damascus [jfresard.dam@icrc.org] and to Irenee Herbet [iherbet.dam@icrc.org] the communications and field officer, who gave .. read the rest.
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