CALIFORNIA, United States, Monday August 3, 2015 – A class-action suit has been filed against the manufacturers of Red Stripe beer in the United States, accusing them of deceiving consumers that the beverage is made in and imported from Jamaica.
Red Stripe is brewed and bottled by Red Stripe Beer Company of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, as stated on the border of the bottle. But Arroyo’s clients say it’s in “obscure white text” and not easily noticed by consumers.
In late June, a federal judge in Miami, Florida gave preliminary approval for a settlement proposal by Anheuser-Busch that included a refund to customers who bought Beck’s beer from May 2011, in a lawsuit which claimed the brewer used deceptive labeling to mislead customers into believing the Beck’s beer it sold in the US was made in Germany.
That settlement that includes a refund to customers who bought Beck’s beer beginning in May 2011.
It will have to pay around $3.5 million in legal fees while Beck’s drinkers who produce valid receipts can claim a refund of up to $50. Those without receipts can claim up to $12.
The company also agreed to adjust the labelling on the beer. Although production of the beverage in the US market moved to St Louis, Missouri in 2012, the packaging continued to highlight its German ancestry with phrases such as “originated in Bremen” and “German quality”.
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