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Supplement maker agrees to pay $750K to settle deceptive health claims lawsuit.
In January 2018, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Coexist Nutrition for allegedly deceptively using You know when you buy a big bag of chips, and you’re all psyched for a feast, and then it turns out there are like, three chips in the bag? That bag is slack filled.ed containers for 22 Days Nutrition® Plant Power Protein Powder Supplement. According to the complaint, the company uses non-transparent containers that are “mostly air” to make consumers believe they are buying more protein powder than they actually are. (Ross et al v. Coexist Nutrition, LLC and Co.Exist Nutrition Corp., Case No. 18-cv-587, S.D.N.Y.)
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Supplement maker agrees to pay $750K to settle deceptive health claims lawsuit.
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