Class Action

100% Parmesan Cheese Products

Class Action

100% Parmesan Cheese Products

June 2016: This case was transferred to multidistrict litigation (MDL) to be heard with other lawsuits. For more information about the MDL, click here.

March 2016: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Walmart and Kraft Heinz Foods Company for allegedly falsely marketing Great Value 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese and Kraft’s 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese as containing 100% parmesan cheese when, according to the complaint, they actually contain significant amounts of fillers, such as cellulose wood fiber. (Franklin et al v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Kraft Heinz Foods Company, Case No. 16-cv-515, M. D. FL.)

For more information about other class-action lawsuits regarding parmesan cheese products and TINA.org’s coverage of them, click here.


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