Food and Beverage labeling laws are very restrictive by country.

I produce and distribute some package Dry Bean Soups. My company has been
around for about 80 years now. I am not the founder.

About 5 years ago, only selling in USA Supermarkets and Military bases
worldwide we said, lets sell Canada.

So, upon embarking you have to have your package meet the laws of each
province which is not the same and the packaging must by law be bi-lingual.

In the USA we have the NLEA LABEL LAWS. We had to buy new plates and get rid
of all the old film we had when that was placed in effect about 10 years
back. Needless to say, it was a $500000 USA cost to a small business.

Next, we then had the trans fat change in labeling. We had to change film
for that. Another $180,000 cost...oh yeah, we have no transfats in our
product anyway. But we had to state that in the manner they required.

Labeling laws are very specific by country. And if importing you better
know the laws....When France Bottlers export to USA...trust me, they have
very specific guidelines here to.

But, maybe they dumped it just cause it was Andre :-)
"Paul Arthur" > wrote in message
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> On 2008-01-12, Ed Rasimus > wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:22:56 +0100, Emery Davis
> wrote:
>>
>>>Belgian customs authorities destroyed over 3000 bottles of "counterfeit
>>>champagne"
>>>from CA, labeled "California Champagne." "Of course there is no such
>>>thing,"
>>>explained the customs official I saw interviewed.
>>
>> One might also note that they could have made their dubious point by
>> choosing a higher grade of American "champagne" like Domaine Chandon
>> for example....whoops, that would be a French Champagne company
>> marketing and selling California champagne.
>
> No, they market and sell California sparkling wine. The objection is to
> the application of the name Champagne to wines made outside the
> protected region, not to the manufacture of sparkling wine.
>
> --
> Clarity: not just for thingie anymore.
> --James Nicoll on LJ