有一个处处小心事无巨细就连”烹饪料酒的酒精度数”都担心的妈妈是个什么样的体验?

据《今日阿得雷德》报道，在南澳（SA）各超市所出售的中国产及日本产料酒酒精浓度为16%。州政府担心未成年人可能会购买这类产品饮用，因此或将进行审查。

据了解，开心谷（Happy Valley）的一位母亲帕西诺斯（Alexis Paxinos）在Cole超市出售的料酒标签上发现了这一问题，并反映给欣德马什（Hindmarsh）的议员乔卡纳斯（Steve Georganas ）等人。乔卡纳斯希望消费者及商业服务厅长约翰.劳（John Rau）对此进行调查。

帕西诺斯表示，她会注意到料酒产品的标签内容是因为自从她的儿子出生之后，她就对烹饪原料比较警惕。帕西诺斯担心，一些青少年可能会将料酒和其它饮品混合饮用。

据了解，阿得雷德的Coles、Woolworths和 Foodland等商店均有出售此类产品。

乔卡纳斯致信约翰.劳，要求采取一些措施来对料酒的销售进行监管。例如有青少年要购买料酒时，必须出示身份证等。

不过，约翰.劳则表示，目前没有任何证据证明，年轻人购买料酒会加剧南澳的未成年人饮酒问题。消费者及商业服务厅也没有接到任何相关的投诉。但他仍会要求该部门关注此事。

Coles超市的发言人则表示，该超市与供应商均遵守南澳及联邦政府的相关法律。料酒产品中的盐度使其更适合用于烹饪，而非作为饮料。此类产品的标签上也有说明该产品不适合饮用。

Vigilant mum spots high-alcohol content in cooking wines at supermarkets

CHINESE and Japanese cooking wines with up to 16 per cent alcohol are being stocked in local supermarkets, prompting a State Government review into concerns they are available to underage drinkers.

Happy Valley mother Alexis Paxinos spotted the alcohol content on labels in Coles’ Kurralta Park store and was alarmed to see a product with a higher alcohol content than table wine was available to children.

Ms Paxinos has raised the issue with Hindmarsh MP Steve Georganas and Fisher MP Nat Cook. Mr Georganas has asked state Consumer and Business Services Minister John Rau to investigate the issue, and Ms Cook also met with Mr Rau about it last week.

Mrs Paxinos said she noticed the alcohol content because she had become more vigilant about cooking ingredients since the birth of her son, Maxwell.

“I’m a bit more switched-on to foods that could make my son sick, and kids might think ‘this looks like fun’,” she said.

“As a mum we have a responsibility to all kids to make sure they’re safe.

“Once kids find out about something, everyone finds out.”

Mrs Paxinos was concerned teenagers may try mixing the cooking wine with another drink, such as cordial, to make it palatable.

A CoastCity Weekly survey of supermarkets last week found the products were stocked in Coles, Woolworths and Foodland stores in Adelaide.

Federal Labor MP Mr Georganas has written to Mr Rau asking what measures are in place to regulate the sale of cooking wine.

“We have strict laws that say you have to be 18 to purchase and consume alcohol,” Mr Georganas said.

“If teenagers are going in there, they should be required to show ID before they buy it, just like in a bottle shop.”

Mr Rau said the government was not aware of “any evidence that youth consumption of cooking wine is significantly contributing to underage drinking in South Australia”.

“Consumer and Business Services have not received any complaints regarding the sale of cooking wine, however I have asked my department to look into the matter,” Mr Rau said.

A Coles spokeswoman said the company worked with suppliers to comply with all state and federal laws.

“The salt content in these products make them suitable as a seasoning for cooking purposes and not palatable as a beverage,” she said.

“Labelling on both products also state they are not suitable for drinking.”