Berlin (dpa) - German breweries were ordered by a Berlin state
court Monday to stop advertising beer as something good for peoples'
looks and health.
In a ruling in favour of a suit by consumer advocacy groups, the
court told the German Breweries Association that they cannot
advertise the claimed beneficial health effects of their brews.
The court said such claims were not in harmony with European-wide
regulations covering nutrition and health aspects of foods and
beverages.
The suit was filed to challenge German brewers' various claims
that beer promoted good looks and helped to ward off heart, gall
bladder, kidney stone and osteoporosis ailments.
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