Importance for the viticultural sector of research on the metabolism of alcohol

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Importance for the viticultural sector of research on the metabolism of alcohol

RESOLUTION OENO 3/97

IMPORTANCE FOR THE VITICULTURAL SECTOR OF RESEARCH ON THE METABOLISM OF ALCOHOL

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ON THE PROPOSAL of Sub-Commission « Nutrition and Health » after study by the expert group « Nutrition and Wine »,

AFTER HEARING the latest scientific data on the variability of the population’s metabolic response to wines and other alcoholic beverages consumption,

RECOMMENDS to Member States

  • To encourage research in this field, notably in the field of products of vitivinicultural origin,
  • To take these scientific improvements into account when public health policies are being elaborated.