Australian alcohol labelling is contentious, writes policy professional Kat George. Declare your allergies as servers are obliged to help you
If ingredients must be labelled on food items, why can wineries get away with not listing egg, fish or milk on their labels with their wine? I’m allergic to fish and one glass can affect me. I’ll often ask to look at the wine label in a bar and always when I purchase wine but often it doesn’t state the ingredients. My son is old enough to drink and he’s anaphylactic to dairy. It concerns me he will be served up something that could kill him when wine and alcohol and servers don’t make this obvious. Truth in labelling and education around this is important, yet not mandatory. Why?
– Brenda, Victoria
Continue reading… Australian alcohol labelling is contentious, writes policy professional Kat George. Declare your allergies as servers are obliged to help youIf ingredients must be labelled on food items, why can wineries get away with not listing egg, fish or milk on their labels with their wine? I’m allergic to fish and one glass can affect me. I’ll often ask to look at the wine label in a bar and always when I purchase wine but often it doesn’t state the ingredients. My son is old enough to drink and he’s anaphylactic to dairy. It concerns me he will be served up something that could kill him when wine and alcohol and servers don’t make this obvious. Truth in labelling and education around this is important, yet not mandatory. Why?– Brenda, Victoria Continue reading… Australian lifestyle, Life and style
