No, the EU is not banning CO2 in drinks

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00:00No, the EU is not banning CO2 in drinks.

00:06An alleged screenshot from the European Commission website circulating online

00:10says that the EU will ban carbon dioxide in soft drinks, beer and mineral water from 2027.

00:17It says that the Commission is doing away with CO2 in drinks

00:20to reduce around 400 million tonnes of annual emissions as part of its Fit for 55 programme.

00:26Anyone flouting the new rule would be subject to fines of up to €50,000 per litre,

00:31according to the supposed webpage.

00:33However, a search of the European Commission's website shows that no such statement exists

00:38and the EU's Fit for 55 package doesn't include any proposal to ban CO2 in drinks.

00:43Fit for 55 is a climate and energy initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

00:48by at least 55% by 2030, compared to levels in 1990.

00:52Some of its measures include CO2 emissions standards for vehicles,

00:56moving towards zero emissions from new cars and vans by 2035,

01:00but there's nothing about banning carbonation in drinks.

01:03There's no credible source out there that corroborates this claim.

01:06The screenshot of the alleged Commission press release also doesn't fully look the part,

01:10showing that it's not real.

01:12In general, it doesn't look like any recent press releases

01:15and uses a photo of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen from 2019,

01:20rather than a current one.

01:21The Commission's logo is blurred and low resolution,

01:24and certain elements seen in real press releases are missing,

01:27such as the language selection box and a publication date.

01:30There's also a typo in the headline.

01:32Comission is supposed to be spelt with two S's,

01:35and its official name in German is the Europäische Kommission,

01:39not the Europä-Kommission.

01:41EU initiatives are often the target of misinformation campaigns,

01:44as the measures contained within are either misinterpreted

01:47or deliberately exaggerated to whip up hysteria.

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