Hershey’s Products
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as safe and sustainable
Mohamed et al. v. The Hershey Co. and Bubble Yum
24-cv-10248, C.D. Cal.
(Oct. 2024)
Bubble Yum
Misleadingly marketing products as high quality and sustainable, and claiming the brand is transparent about its ingredients, without disclosing that the bubble gum and its wrappers contain organic fluorine, which puts consumers at risk of being exposed to dangerous PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances)
Pending
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as safe and sustainable
Allegations: Products contain less popcorn than advertised
Allegations: Failing to disclose that products contain harmful chemicals
Allegations: Falsely marketing that products are made from ethically sourced and sustainable cocoa
Allegations: Falsely marketing that products contain no preservatives
Allegations: Falsely representing on product packaging that several shapes contain carved out artistic designs when there are no carvings on the actual products
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as “Stevia Sweetened”
Allegations: Falsely marketing that products contain “no artificial flavors”
Allegations: Misleadingly representing that companies would “phase out” and stop using forced child labor when they continue to use child labor to harvest cocoa
July 2020: A federal judge dismissed this case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The judge further concluded that allowing plaintiffs to amend their complaint would be futile because “reasonable…
October 2020: A federal judge dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim finding that reasonable consumers would not be misled into believing that the product contains white chocolate.…
February 2018: A federal judge granted The Hershey Company’s motion for summary judgment finding that the named plaintiff failed to show that the allegedly deceptive practice caused him injury because…
December 2014: All six cases were voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled., the reasons for which have not been disclosed. Click on the…
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