Resources

AFS Response to UK consultation on Updating labelling guidance for No and Low alcohol products

Alcohol Focus Scotland response to the UK Government's consultation on updating labelling guidance for no and low alcohol products. November 2023.

AFS Response to FSANZ Energy Labelling Consultation

Alcohol Focus Scotland's response to FSANZ consultation on energy labelling. March 2023.

AFS Response to EU Scrutiny on Ireland's labelling legislation

AFS response to the European Commission’s latest round of scrutiny on Ireland’s alcohol labelling legislation.

AFS Response to Scottish Government's New Cancer Strategy

AFS Response to the Scottish Government's New Cancer Strategy Consultation.

AFS response to Food Standards Scotland consultation on their draft strategy

Food Standards Scotland consultation on their draft strategy for 2021-26: Protecting Scotland in a Changing Food Landscape. December 2020.

AFS Submission to Proposal P1050 from Food Standards Australia and New Zealand on pregnancy warning labels on alcoholic beverages

AFS Submission to Proposal P1050 from Food Standards Australia and New Zealand on pregnancy warning labels on alcoholic beverages. October 2019.

AFS Response to the Irish Department of Health public consultation in respect of regulations to be made under Sections 12 and 13 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018

AFS Response to the Irish Department of Health public consultation in respect of regulations to be made under Sections 12 and 13 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. (October 2019)

AFS response to Food Standards Scotland consultation - Proposals to Improve the Out of Home Food Environment

Food Standards Scotland consultation response - Proposals to Improve the Out of Home Food Environment. February 2019.

AFS response - The Department of Health and Social Care consultation on mandating calorie labelling in the out of home sector

AFS response to the Department of Health and Social Care consultation on mandating calorie labelling in the out of home sector. December 2018.

AFS Response - Low Alcohol Descriptors FSS

Response to Food Standards Scotland consultation on the National Provisions in the Food Labelling Regulations 1996 regarding reserved descriptions for alcohol. November 2018.

Submission to European Commission - Irish Public Health (Alcohol) Bill

AFS response to the European Commission on the Irish Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. (July 2018)

AFS response to Department of Health and Social Care consultation on low alcohol descriptors

Alcohol Focus Scotland’s response to the Department of Health and Social Care consultation on low alcohol descriptors (May 2018)

Our Right to Know report

Report on the importance of alcohol labelling and the need for more information to be included on labelling

Right To Know labelling report

Are alcohol labels giving consumers the information they need? Report by the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, August 2017.

Health information, messaging and warnings on alcohol packaging: A focus group study with young adult drinkers in Scotland

Findings from the focus groups conducted with young adults epxloring alcohol labelling and health warnings.

Rapid literature review on the impact of health messaging and product information on packaging of alcohol and other unhealthy commodities

Findings from rapid review on alcohol labelling

AFS response to CMO guidelines

Alcohol Focus Scotland response to the public consultation on proposed new alcohol guidelines (March 2016).

Alcohol Health Alliance interim research findings on alcohol labelling