CATrends: Deceptive ‘Plant-Based’ Claims
A deceptive marketing trend takes root.
A May 2012 class action alleges that Lifeway Foods falsely markets the health benefits of its ProBoost Kefir products. According to the lawsuit, “Lifeway’s ProBoost products are not clinically proven to be effective for the benefits Lifeway represents in its media and advertising of the ProBoost products.” (Keatley, et al. v. Lifeway Foods, Inc., Case No. 12-cv-3521, N.D.Ill.)
A deceptive marketing trend takes root.
Legislators should protect the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
What does “human-grade” dog food actually mean?
The statement, “Manufactured in the USA 100%,” had appeared on product packaging.
E.J. Schultz, Ad Age