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Article: ATF invites comment on alcoholic content ceiling for malt liquor. (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms)
- Article from:
- Modern Brewery Age
- Article date:
- May 3, 1993
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) has called for public comment on whether standards for alcoholic content should be adopted for malt liquor. According to the BATF, the invitation is in response to recent petitioners who have contended that malt liquor contributes to drug abuse. A petition from 21 organizations asked the BATF to help "curb drug abuse" by establishing a malt liquor standard, with a maximum alcohol content of five percent.
The BATF believes that a malt liquor standard would generate requests to adopt similar standards for beer and other malt beverages. The agency says that new standards might not produce the results envisioned by ...
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