Council spirits away fake booze.CARDIFF council The County Council of City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The council consists of 75 councillors, representing 29 electoral wards. has won praise for a crackdown on watered-down alcohol. Trading standards officers carried out 320 alcohol screen tests Andy Warhol's Screen Tests consist of several-minute unbroken shots of Factory regulars, Warhol superstars, guests, friends, or anyone he thought has "star potential". Warhol would place them in a booth, and tell them to stare at the camera and not blink. and took more than 30 spirit samples in the past year to combat "spirit fraud". They swooped on pubs in response to complaints about watered-down and counterfeit booze. And their work has been recognised by the International Federation of Spirit Producers, with a silver award at the annual Trading Standards conference. Coun Judith Woodman said: "I'm delighted that the work of Cardiff trading standards in combating spirit fraud has been recognised." |
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