Occupying the dual space of psychoactive substances and food, alcohol has to date escaped the international labelling standards required of either category. Following growing consumer concern focused on ingredient and energy labelling, the issue of alcohol labelling has been brought to the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL). Russia led the development of a discussion paper on the labelling of alcohol beverages, which was debated in May 2019. The discussion paper presented five policy options, ranging from doing nothing to initiating open-ended work on a new Codex standard. The progression of alcohol labelling through the CCFL raises a number of issues for public health advocates, as placing alcohol within the scope of the Codex clearly places labelling within the food system and has the potential to side-line health labelling concerns. This paper will first describe the process leading to the consideration of alcohol labelling at the CCFL and then consider the health and advocacy implications of the different options proposed to progress the work plan.

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全球食品系统中的酒精标签：食品标签法典委员会近期工作的影响

酒精占据了精神活性物质和食物的双重空间，迄今为止，它已经超出了任一类别所要求的国际标签标准。随着消费者越来越关注成分和能量标签，酒精标签问题已提交给食品标签法典委员会 (CCFL)。俄罗斯牵头制定了一份关于酒精饮料标签的讨论文件，该文件于 2019 年 5 月进行了辩论。该讨论文件提出了五种政策选择，从无所作为到启动新法典标准的开放式工作。通过 CCFL 进行酒精标签的发展为公共卫生倡导者提出了许多问题，因为将酒精纳入法典范围显然会将标签置于食品系统中，并有可能将健康标签问题排除在外。