Diageo Reignites Serving Facts Debate

Dear Client:Diageo issued a statement this morning reminding the industry that it (along with the National Consumers League, and 75 other public health and consumer organizations) first petitioned the U.S. Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) on December 16, 2003 to allow a standard "alcohol facts" panel on its beverage alcohol products. In all, they want the TTB to allow alcoholic beverages to feature standard serving information such as alcohol per serving, servings per container, and