WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration has concluded that because the warning labels displayed on tobacco and alcohol products are too alarming for some consumers, an additional warning label must be affixed to those products to alert people of the presence of the original warning label. The FDA is also considering whether a third label is necessary to make it clear that there will now be two warning labels.
Bradleys Roadhouse of locally owned Roadhouse Brewery sees some drawbacks with the new requirement. “I'm OK with warning labels in principle, except we're running out of room on our [beer] bottles," he said. To remedy this problem, Roadhouse said his company will give consumers two bottles for every one sold: one for the beer, the other for the warning labels.
