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Company: Anheuser-Busch
Current Parent Company: Anheuser-Busch InBev
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Penalty: $200,000
Year: 2008
Date: June 26, 2008
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Anheuser-Busch agreed to pay $200,000 as part of the settlement of multistate litigation alleging it made false or misleading statements about the health and energizing effects of Tilt and Bud Extra and that its ads for those products were being directed to consumers under the age of 21.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Belgium
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: beverages
Specific Industry of Current Parent: beverages
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