Beef Products from Tyson Foods, Cargill Meat Solutions, JBS USA Food, and National Beef Packing Company
Allegations: Deceptively marketing beef as “Product of the USA”
Chocolate from Mars, Hershey’s, Nestle, and Others
Case Name (Date)
Coubaly et al. v. Nestle U.S.A. et al.
21-cv-386, D.D.C.
(Feb. 2021)
Product/Service
Chocolate products from Nestle, Cargill, Mars, Hershey’s, Mondeleez, and others
Allegations
Misleadingly representing that companies would “phase out” and stop using forced child labor when they continue to use child labor to harvest cocoa
Status
Class-Action Tracker
Crisco Butter No-Stick Spray
Allegations: Falsely marketing the product as a “butter” spray when it does not contain any butter
Crisco 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil No-Stick Spray
In August 2018, a class-action lawsuit was filed against The J.M. Smucker Company for allegedly falsely marketing Crisco Olive Oil No-Stick Spray as being “100% Extra Virgin” when, according to…
Crisco® Oil Sprays
In December 2017, a class-action lawsuit was filed against The J.M. Smucker Company for allegedly falsely marketing Crisco® No-Stick Sprays – specifically, the Extra Virgin Olive Oil spray and the…
Crisco Oil
December 2015: Both of these actions were dismissed. The parties in the Ault action reached a settlement agreement, the terms of which have not been disclosed, and the action was…
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