Hershey’s Organic Chocolate Bars
Allegations: Falsely marketing that products are made from ethically sourced and sustainable cocoa
Ice Breakers® Ice Cubes Sugar-free Gum
December 2015: This action was dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled.. The reasons for the dismissal have not been disclosed.
June 2015: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Hershey for allegedly misleadingly 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 packaging for Ice Breakers® Ice Cubes Sugar-free Gum to make consumers believe they are buying more than they actually are. According to the complaint, the container can hold approximately 60 pieces of gum while it contains only 40 pieces of gum. (Hu et al v. The Hershey Company, Case No. 15-cv-3741, E. D. NY.)
For more information about other class-action lawsuits regarding slack-filled packaging and TINA.org’s coverage of the issue, click here.
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Hershey’s Products
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as safe and sustainable
Hershey’s and Lily’s Chocolates
Allegations: Failing to disclose that products contain harmful chemicals
Totally Cool Ice Creams
Allegations: Failing to disclose that products contain a bacterium that could lead to serious health consequences
Lily’s Extra Dark Chocolate Bars
Allegations: Failing to disclose that products contain unsafe levels of lead
Hershey Chocolate Products
Allegations: Failing to disclose important information about chocolate products
Chocolate from Mars, Hershey’s, Nestle, 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
Hershey’s Hot Fudge Topping
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the topping as fudge when the product is missing ingredients essential to fudge and contains ingredients not found in fudge
White Kit Kat Bars
White Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
ONE Protein Bars
Brookside Dark Chocolate Products
Boxes of Reese’s Pieces and Whoppers Candy
Chocolate Products from The Hershey Company
Bags of Hershey’s Kisses
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