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Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

Commons · Question 79140 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

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Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the ability of overseas producers to label their products as alcohol free at up to 0.5% ABV in the UK on UK-based brewers that are res

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Answered by Kate Dearden, 20 Oct 2025

DBT is working closely with DHSC on the Government’s ‘Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan’, which includes a commitment to consult consumers and industry on raising the upper alcohol limit for drinks labelled as alcohol-free to 0.5% alcohol by volume ...