In March 2021, a winery put a wine on sale with the label
"Oral Vaccination" (in German: Schluckimpfung) as a PR
campaign. A week ago, the bottles were confiscated: the label was a
"health claim".
The Federal Winery Inspectorate, which is part of the Austrian
Ministry of Agriculture, seized the entire stock of the wine. The
wine was intended to "bring a little smile to people's
faces, because it is important to keep a sense of humor, especially
in times like these," the winery owner is quoted as
saying.
Label "health-related"
According to the Federal Winery Inspectorate, the seizure was
carried out in accordance with Section 19(3) of the Wine Law.
"Thus, claims about the reduction of a disease risk (...) can
only be used after they have been approved." He added that the
name "oral vaccination" was health-related simply because
of the wording.
