Gluten-free beer labels to be banned

Gluten-free claims will be banned from beer bottles under new regulations – frustrating brewers and people with gluten allergies.

Chris Mills, co-owner of Kereru Brewing.

Photo: RNZ / William Ray

From January 2016, it will be illegal to sell alcohol using health related claims, which regulators have said will include statements asserting products are gluten-free.

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