US judge dismisses class-action claims that Anheuser-Busch routinely watered down its US beer brands including Budweiser to misrepresent alcohol levels, increase profits

Nevin Barich

Nevin Barich

LOS ANGELES , June 10, 2014 () – A U.S. judge has dismissed class-action claims that Anheuser-Busch InBev routinely watered down its U.S. beer brands including Budweiser to misrepresent alcohol levels and increase profits, Beverage Daily reported June 9.

The court in Ohio had consolidated a series of multi-district class-action lawsuits involving plaintiffs from California, Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas, which claimed that Anheuser-Busch used technology to ensure alcohol levels within 0.01% and used it to water down beer.

The primary source of this article is Beverage Daily, Montpellier, France, on June 9, 2014. Click here to read the primary source's full version of the article.

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