NZ: Wineries wary of crackdown
NZ: Wineries wary of crackdown
Mar 5, 2011 6
A backlash is fermenting against the government's crack-down on the sale of alcoholic drinks.
Submissions from the wine industry warn that the new law contains language "more suited to a Prohibitionist polemic than a clear-headed attempt to address the real problems of harmful use of alcoholic beverages".
Industry group New Zealand Winegrowers warns in its submission that the proposed changes "de-normalise" the consumption of alcoholic beverages and reinforce an unhealthy focus on alcohol content rather than promoting moderate and responsible consumption.
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