Consultation outcome

Low-alcohol product labelling

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 15 March 2018
• Last updated: 13 December 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Government response to the consultation on low-alcohol descriptors

PDF, 212 KB, 27 pages

Detail of outcome

This document gives a summary of the consultation responses and the government’s response to them.

The government has decided to replace the legislation on low-alcohol descriptors with guidance.

The guidance on low-alcohol descriptors sets out the descriptors that the alcohol and retail industries are expected to use, which is based on the 4 descriptors that were in the legislation.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeks views on the introduction of guidance on low alcohol descriptors to replace regulations in place until December 2018.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
3pm on 15 March 2018 to 11:59pm on 10 May 2018

Consultation description

The government is consulting on how best to continue to communicate information about low alcohol products to the public once the current legislation expires. It would like your views on:

• the introduction of recommended low alcohol descriptors through guidance rather than legislation
• the current set of low alcohol descriptors and whether new ones should be added

Documents

A consultation on the use of low alcohol descriptors

PDF, 161 KB, 27 pages

Published 15 March 2018
Last updated 13 December 2018 + show all updates

1. 13 December 2018

   Government's consultation response added.

2. 15 March 2018

   First published.