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Center for Alcohol Policy briefs committee on regulation, recalls and new beverage trends
Summary
Kelly Roberson of the Center for Alcohol Policy presented historical context, survey data and regulatory risks to a joint session of House Business and Labor and Senate Economic Affairs, emphasizing the three-tier system and warning against unregulated direct-to-consumer shipments and novel 'functional' beverages.
Kelly Roberson, executive director of the Center for Alcohol Policy, presented to a joint session of the House Business and Labor and Senate Economic Affairs committees on the history and regulation of alcohol and recent developments regulators should monitor.
Roberson told legislators the U.S. approach — a three-tier system separating producers, wholesalers and retailers — balances public health and marketplace order. She said Montana's control-state model, in which the state acts as wholesaler for distilled spirits, has functioned to protect product integrity and tax revenue and to enable quick recalls.
Roberson reviewed long-run historical…
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