Bill C-222

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	2nd Session, 35th Parliament, 45 Elizabeth II, 1996-97
	The House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-222
	An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (warning on alcoholic beverage containers)
R.S., c. F-27; R.S., cc. 27, 31 (1st Supp.), c. 27 (3rd Supp.), c. 42 (4th Supp.); 1992, c. 1; 1993, cc. 34, 37, 44; 1994, cc. 26, 38, 47; 1995, c. 1	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	*1. The Food and Drugs Act* is amended by adding the following after section 5:**
Warning label	5.1 (1) Notwithstanding section 30 or any regulation made thereunder, no person shall sell an alcoholic beverage in Canada unless the container in which the beverage is sold carries the following visible and clearly printed warning:
	Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs a person's ability to operate machinery or an automobile, and may cause health problems or cause birth defects during pregnancy .

BILL C-222