Beer Institute spent $250,000 in second quarter lobbying government on taxes, labeling

Beer Institute spent $250K lobbying gov’t in 2Q

WASHINGTON — The Beer Institute spent $250,000 in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on food labeling, taxes and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.

That’s more than double the $110,000 that the group spent in the first quarter of 2010, and up from the $200,000 it spent in the year-ago period.

The trade group — whose members include Anheuser-Busch InBev, Heineken USA Inc. and MillerCoors — also lobbied on state beverage laws and regulations, advertising and other issues.

Besides Congress, the Beer Institute lobbied the Federal Trade Commission, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies in the April-June period, according to the report filed July 20 with the House clerk’s office.