Schoonmaker et al v. Cape Cod Potato Chips Company, LLC
21-cv-1224, S.D.N.Y.
(Feb. 2021)
Cape Cod Sea Salt and Vinegar Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Falsely advertising that the chips contain “No Artificial Flavors, Colors or Preservatives” when they contain two artificial flavoring ingredients (malic acid and citric acid)
Misleadingly advertising vinegar as a flavoring ingredient when the chips do not contain enough vinegar to flavor the chips and the flavor comes from an artificial ingredient
Pending
September 2016: After an objector filed a Notice of Appeal, the appeal was voluntarily dismissed. The reasons for the dismissal have not been disclosed. June 2016: A federal judge granted…
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