The ACT is campaigning to have mandatory pregnancy health warnings on alcoholic beverage labels.

The call was announced by Minister for Health and Wellbeing, Meegan Fitzharris at the Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation recently, with the minister saying the voluntary health warning labels currently in place don’t carry the really important messages about pregnant drinking or the risks of drinking while breastfeeding.

The minister said that with the effects of alcohol on the brain and organs of the unborn child, mandatory labeling should implemented in Australia, warning women that no alcohol is the safest option during pregnancy. See more at http://www.psnews.com.au/act/579/news/move-to-see-health-warnings-on-alcohol