Wine packaging and storage

QUESTION 2 Maurice is a fresh wine producer who sells his wine to other EU states. He was charged an inspection fee introduced by the UK government requiring the testing of the strengths of imported wines. He objected to the payment of the fee. He also sold some of his wine to a buyer in Denmark where he was charged for storage and inspection. He also imported his wine into Germany where the authorities charged his wine a tax that was ten percent higher than German wines of the same strength. The authorities justified this higher tax with the argument that it was necessary to protect small German wine producers. The issues in this case are: (i) Whether the inspection fee introduced by the UK to test the strength of imported wines has an equivalent…

allowing stores to serve alcohol. This concept is aimed to bring in more revenue because of its uniqueness to the industry. The concept suits Taco Bell very well and it will also support the alcohol companies Taco Bell is partnering with. The options consumers will have for beers are Dos Equis or New Belgium Brewing. The price per draft will be $4. The beer menu is open to expanding depending on how the test stores run. The average receipt is $7 at Taco Bell, this new concept should boost that…

application cover such as clothing and manner, human relationship, trade and financial, and many other area that equivalent to the Shariah’s Islam. Besides, Islam has generally guideline on halal food which involving the material and ingredient use, animal permitted to be eat must be slaughter properly according to Islam. Consequently, the ingredient use must not be combine, or have contact with anything that haram to Islam such as, pig, wine, dog. It must be keep clean…

advances, innovations, and new methods of packaging or storing food have shaped the food industry as well as the nutritional status of society today. Below are ten milestones in food history that I found to be quite entertaining and significant for society today and over the course of time! Irrigation 3100 BC Ancient Egyptians were the first to use irrigation around 3100 BC in the Mesopotamian plain. As settlers learned how to cultivate different crops or grain, they needed a more…

from $284 million to $529 million, an estimate 20% of annual growth. Lebanese agro-food is trusted by many European, American, Arab and African countries which reveals that it's a productive sector contributing 15 % of Lebanon's GDP employing almost half the workforce (25%). Key Exported agro-food products include processed foods, confectionary and chocolate, grains, cereals, olive oil, and wine. Nuts, TAHINA production and coffee sectors export about 50% of their production all over the world.…

There are also prominent differences between developed and developing countries. In developing countries losses are due to reasons like inefficient and labor-intensive agricultural practices, limited financial and technical resources, primitive harvesting methods, insufficient transportation, poor infrastructure, inappropriate storage facilities, use of pesticides/herbicides and the lack of logistical management (Ventour, 2008). In developed countries there is much lower level of loss at this…

food. Before the Industrialized Era, people commonly grew and processed food for a living.[1] However, with the introduction of machinery in agriculture such as the McCormick Reaper, the process sped up and became more efficient. This would result in less need for both manpower and labor, as technology improved.1 Subsequently when agriculture shifted from fields to mechanical settings such as factories,the mass production of food took off. Prior to the preservation of food in the aluminum…

regular basis. It provides an acidic condition of 4 to 5 percent that inhibits the growth of bacteria or fungi (Branen et al, 2002; Heldman, 2003; Saunders, 1988). Sodium nitrate (E251), sodium nitrite, benzoic acid (E210), sodium benzoate (E211) and sulphur dioxide (E220) are artificial preservatives that were approved by EU. All of them will slow down the growth of microorganisms and used as a preservative and color fixative in cured meats and poultry (Branen et al, 2002). Sodium…

provides a greater protection to trademark holders than its predecessor and has largely streamlined the procedure for registration of trademarks. PROTECTION OF TRADEMARKS IN INDIA A. Requirements for registration of a trademark under the Act: All marks are not registrable as ‘trademarks’ under the Act.[2] For a mark to be registrable, it must conform to certain statutory prescriptions. The following definitions may be kept in mind while seeking registration of a trademark: •…

Completely green plantains are 50% flesh and 50% peel (Ogazi, 1996). Plantain for freezing should have a pulp content of at least 60% for maximum quality in the ultimate food product, but a range of 55 to 65% is considered commercially acceptable (Ogazi, 1996). Processing of banana has the added advantage of keeping the peels at factories where they may be converted into useful byproducts instead of being added to the bulk of household garbage (Chandler,1995). Banana or plantain flour, or…