Alcoholic-energy settlement
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
MillerCoors Brewing Co. agrees to stop marketing products containing caffeine, guarana, ginseng and taurine in a Dec. 18 settlement with San Francisco and 13 states - Arizona, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, Ohio and Oklahoma. The city and the states alleged the firm made false or misleading health-related statements about the energizing effects of a Sparks beer product and that much of the marketing was directed at youth. The agreement comes six months after Anheuser-Busch made a similar settlement concerning its alcoholic-energy drinks (1"The Tan Sheet" June 30, 2008, In Brief)