Changes to UK alcohol tax rates were implemented on August 1, 2023. The UK government calls this an alcohol duty, but it is an excise tax charged at the point of production or importation of drinks of alcoholic strength exceeding 1.2 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) – the percentage of pure alcohol per liter of product.
On August 21, 2023, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) published the Food Safety and Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) First Amendment Regulations 2023 in the Gazette of India (Notification No. STD/SP-21/T(Alcohol-4).
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Australia and New Zealand: Southern Cross Ag Outlook

A synopsis of current news and events affecting the agricultural sectors in Australia and New Zealand.
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Germany: Retail Foods

Germany is by far the biggest EU market for U.S. food products and the new U.S.-EU organic equivalency agreement has created additional opportunities.