COMMERCEa writtenstatementon aproductthatwarnspeoplethateating,drinking, or using thatproductmay bedangerousfortheirhealth:Theadshereencouragethem tobuyburgers,sweetcereals, andsugarydrinkswithout anyhealthwarningso theyconsumemorejunk.carry/come with a health warningAlcoholicbeveragescarryhealthwarningsontheirlabels.government/publichealthwarningsFINANCEinformalin the UK, astatementthatwarnspeoplewhobuyfinancialproductsor makeinvestmentsthat thevalueoftheirmoneymaydecreaseas well asincrease:carry/come with a health warningEveryfundinvestmentcarriesahealthwarningthat pastperformanceis noindicatorof thefuture.informalawarningthatfigures,facts, etc.containedin areportmay not becompletelyaccurate:The Treasuryissueda 'healthwarning' withitsforthcomingsummerforecasts.(Definition ofhealth warningfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhealth warning
health warningEachhealthwarningwill be printed for a period of 6 months.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a result of the hearings, ahealthwarningwas added to the pill, the first informational insert for any prescription drug.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The only hint for the viewer that this ad concerns a cigarette brand at all is the mandatoryhealthwarningat the bottom.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Under the new law, changaa must be manufactured, distributed and sold in glass bottles, and retailers must displayhealthwarningsigns.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They must also display ahealthwarningcovering no less than 30% of the packaging.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Compost now sold from the farm carries a quite clearhealthwarningand the basic hygiene precautions which should be observed during its handling.From theCambridge English CorpusHowever, readers should mind thishealthwarning: none of the reviews give a sketch of each work as a whole.From theCambridge English CorpusThe proposal consolidates the existing internal market rules on product regulation, including tar content of cigarettes and the use ofhealthwarninglabels.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishIf the size of thehealthwarningdirectly reflected the risk to health, the label would cover the whole cigarette packet.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThehealthwarningshould be large and explicit.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/health-warning##
