Beverage company sues Milwaukee Brewing Co. for allegedly supplying contaminated products

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewing Firm is being sued for greater than $100,000 for allegedly supplying a beverage firm with an enormous quantity of contaminated merchandise. Milwaukee Brewing Firm is denying these claims.

Certainly one of Wisconsin’s largest brewing firms primarily based in Brew Metropolis is dealing with a federal civil lawsuit a month after it introduced plans to promote its enterprise.

The grievance filed by Florida-based Kona Gold Beverage Inc. states the corporate entered right into a provide settlement with Milwaukee Brewing Firm final yr to have them make a low calorie lemonade drink referred to as ‘Ooh La Lemin’ in Milwaukee.

However when the completed product, together with greater than 123,000 cans, arrived at Kona Gold’s facility, the lawsuit says the corporate “instantly observed a problem with the style.”

Kona Gold Beverage Inc.

Kona Gold says it contacted Milwaukee Brewing Firm and ”it was decided that the product was contaminated by yeast by way of the filling stations on the Milwaukee Brewing amenities,” the lawsuit states. Kona Gold alleges “Milwaukee Brewing by no means disputed that the contamination occurred at a Milwaukee Brewing facility.”

Kona Gold despatched Milwaukee Brewing a invoice for greater than $97,000 for damages final fall as outlined of their enterprise contract, however “In a number of cases, Milwaukee Brewing claimed that it was awaiting phrase from its insurance coverage service as to protection for the contaminated Product,” the grievance states.

Kona Gold allegedly made one final effort two months in the past to demand fee from Milwaukee Brewing Firm to no avail.

Milwaukee Brewing Firm’s lawyer supplied TMJ4 Information with an announcement that reads partially, “there’s a dispute over a taste variance of one in all their merchandise. Milwaukee Brewing disputes this taste variance was brought on by yeast contamination.”

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Milwaukee Brewing Firm says this concern is totally unrelated to its choice to publicly announce its enterprise is up on the market. Milwaukee Enterprise Journal reporter Margaret Naczek has been masking Milwaukee Brewing Firm’s efforts to search out new possession.

When requested if Milwaukee Brewing Firm has defined why it’s up on the market, Naczek replied, “No, the straightforward reply is not any. There are actually speculations, however Milwaukee Brewing Firm has not disclosed extra data apart from they’ve been doing this.”

Naczek says Milwaukee Brewing Firm is coming off two years of development and growth of its brewing tools and product line. She reviews the operation is taken into account a ‘turn-key funding’ for a brand new purchaser to take over.

“This might very simply imply that Milwaukee Brewing identify isn’t going away in Milwaukee,” she mentioned. “I believe that is the largest factor the viewers could be involved about.”

Milwaukee Brewing Firm says this lawsuit shouldn’t have any impact on the sale of the corporate and that it anticipates this declare might be resolved shortly.

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