Hershey’s Products
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as safe and sustainable
Hershey’s Organic Chocolate Bars
Case Name (Date)
Yeh et al. v. The Hershey Co. and Rainforest Alliance Inc.
24-cv-453, N.D. Ill.
(Jan. 2024)
Product/Service
Hershey’s Organic Chocolate Bars
Allegations
Falsely marketing that products are made from ethically sourced and sustainable cocoa when they contain cocoa harvested using child labor and practices that harm the environment
Placing a Rainforest Alliance certification label on product packaging when Hershey pays for the certification and Rainforest Alliance cannot confirm that cocoa has been responsibly harvested
Status
Voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled.
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