Food Alert - Warning on wine

[Penny]

The Food Standards Agency has been made aware that counterfeit wines labelled as Jacob’s Creek wines are being offered for sale in the Greater London area. The FSA is sharing intelligence with the brand owner, Pernod Ricard, and local trading standards officers investigating this issue.

‘Consumers need to be vigilant and should check closely for spelling mistakes’

The counterfeit wines have been sampled and tested and there are no indications that the contents are harmful to health if consumed. However, this counterfeit product is of very low quality and substandard taste.

Investigations by London trading standards officers and the Agency, with assistance from Pernod Ricard, have revealed that these counterfeit wines have been offered for sale to customers in independent wholesalers and a number of small independent retail outlets across a number of London boroughs. In addition, seizures have been made in the Surrey, Brighton and Reading areas.

Consumers are advised that the label on the back of each counterfeit bottle includes a spelling mistake – below the text ‘SOUTH EASTERN AUSTRALIA’ appears some smaller text, ‘WINE OF AUSTRLIA’, where the word ‘Australia’ is missing an ‘a’.
cheers Penny