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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Bar says Jell-O shots are not ‘alcoholic beverages’
It jiggles, it wiggles and a judge says it is booze.
Union Bar in Iowa City, Iowa came up with a very creative defense after being accused of selling Jell-O shots to underage patrons working with police - Jell-O shots are not alcoholic beverages.
A judge didn’t buy it, according to the Press-Citizen.
“There is no evidence in the record to support the licensee’s argument that — simply because vodka was mixed with Jell-O mix — it lost its character as an alcoholic beverage,” Administrative Law Judge Laura Lockard recently ruled, according to the newspaper.
“While there might be some debate in another context as to whether Jell-O is a food item or beverage, in this context … the Jell-O shots served by the licensee were alcoholic beverages.”
Nice try.
The bar was fined 500 bucks.
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