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Beer / Healthy Labeling #767316

FNC Evening News for Tuesday, Feb 24, 2004
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.

(Seattle: Dan Springer) The decision by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau {TTB} not to allow beer makers to place the reported health benefits that beer can provide on product labels featured; details given about studies that show drinking beer in moderation can help prevent heart attack and stroke and the government’s attitude toward alcohol-labeling polices. [Pike Brewing Co.’s Craig HARTINGER†- comments.] [MAN – says that beer makers should be allowed to show consumers that beer can be healthy.] [Alcohol Policies Project’s George HACKER†- says beer is probably the nation’s most used drug and responsible for thousands of deaths.]

Reporter(s):
Smith, Shepard;
Springer, Dan
Duration:
00:02:10

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