Online wine sellers caught in sting: Massachusetts sues for retailers over illegal shipments of alcohol

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Massachusetts filed a suit against four Internet retailers for shipping alcoholic beverages to minors. The lawsuit reported that during a sting operation organized by Attorney General Tom Reilly and the state Alcohol Beverages Control commission, five underage volunteers bought wine and beer online with the help of their own credit cards and Massachusetts shipping address.

Legal issues & crime, Massachusetts, Distilled and blended liquors, Legal/Government Regulation, Beer, Wine & Liquor, Whsle, Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Wholesalers, Company legal issue, Cases, Alcoholic beverage industry, E-commerce

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Don't look for the good news about wine anytime soon on labels

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Current US government dietary guidelines recognize the potential health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms still will not permit vintners to make positive statements about wine drinking on labels.

Health aspects, Laws, regulations and rules, Wine, Wine labels, United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

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