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CPMA speaks out against plain pack alcohol lobby
2016-12-21

From:Packaging News

The director of the Consumer Packaging Manufacturing Alliance (CPMA)has voiced concerns over Public Health England’s report recommending plain packaging for alcoholic drinks.


Public Health England has called on the Government to impose tobacco-style regulations on alcohol and hike the costs with minimum unit pricing (MUP).

A new report from the health body said there was strong evidence in support of “a range of policies” to clamp down on harmful drinking, including plain packaging and tobacco-style health warnings.

The report’s authors also suggested combining higher taxes with minimum unit pricing (MUP), as well as reducing the number of licensed premises in England.

In a statement Public Health England said: “Reducing the affordability of alcohol is the cost effective way of reducing alcohol harm.”

CPMA (Consumer Packaging Manufacturing Alliance) director Mike Ridgway said that he was not surprised by Public Health England’s recommendations as, “it has always been the objective of the public health lobby to turn their attention to other market sectors and alcohol would obviously be high on the target list.

“The effect on the packaging industry, should this come about, would be enormous with not only folding carton and label producers being adversely affected but also material, foil and specialist ink manufacturers would find their added value opportunities severely reduced. It is a worrying trend.”

Ridgway, who has been raising concerns about plain packaging in other market sectors following the tobacco ruling, concluded, “The packaging industry really needs to wake up to this threat to their businesses.”


Mike Ridgway, CPMA

Meanwhile, in Canada the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation said the nation should require plain packaging on cannabis products

The official panel recommended that the Canadian government should regulate the production of cannabis when it is legalised for recreational use and that the products should be sold in plain packaging.

With medical marijuana already legal in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government made legalising it for recreational use a part of its successful election campaign last year and will introduce legislation in the spring of 2017.

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