Discus Urges Standard Drink Labels

Discus along with other consumer and public health groups (MADD, Consumer Federation of America, Dr. C. Everett Koop’s Shape Up America! and National Consumers League) is urging the TTB to reevaluate it proposal for alcoholic drink labels.Under the TTB’s current proposal, companies would not be required to disclose the amount of alcohol per serving. The proposal would also prohibit a company from featuring “standard drink” information on labels. A “standard drink,” according to Discus, equals 1.5 fluid ounces for 80-proof