Alcohol Production

1 The way in which alcoholic beverages are produced directly impacts health—if they are produced unsafely, or allowed to contain contaminants, alcoholic beverages could cause consumers great harm. However, the production of alcoholic beverages is a process steeped in tradition and heritage, and which makes an important contribution to the economies of many states and regions. The regulation of alcoholic beverage production should ideally seek to balance all of these concerns. The European Union (EU) has been active in this field, adopting several pieces of...