
CATrends: Deceptive ‘Plant-Based’ Claims
A deceptive marketing trend takes root.
In January 2017, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Buffalo Trace Distillery, Old Charter Distillery, and Sazerac Company for allegedly misrepresenting that Old Charter is an 8-year aged bourbon when the bourbon is actually aged for “significantly less than 8 years.” (Penrose et al v. Buffalo Trace Distillery, Inc., Old Charter Distillery Co., and Sazerac Company, Inc., Case No. 17-cv-294, E. D. MO.)
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A deceptive marketing trend takes root.
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E.J. Schultz, Ad Age