The Democrats use the FDA, EPA, IRS etc to screw funds out of reluctant donors. The GOP Inc, happy with sloppy seconds, follows suit.
If you have read Extortion you will know the game, and this being the start of the 2016 Presidential Election pre-season phony war, Congress and the DemGOP duopoly need lots of cash!
So this story on the FDA hitting up brewers makes sense, in a fund-raising context.