
Nutro Pet Foods
Allegations: False natural claims
June 2018: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s dismissal of this case. (Case No. 16-15444, 9th Cir.)
March 2016: The named plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal regarding the order dismissing the complaint.
February 2016: A federal judge dismissed the complaint finding that the company was not required to disclose on labels that cocoa beans used in chocolate products may have been harvested by child or forced labor.
September 2015: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Mars, Inc. alleging that the company does not disclose important information about its chocolate products (i.e., the alleged likelihood that the cocoa beans used to make its chocolate products are the product of child and slave labor). (Hodsdon et al v. Mars, Inc. and Mars Chocolate North America LLC, Case No. 15-cv-4450, N.D. Cal.)
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Allegations: False natural claims
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the filling in products is made with real cheddar cheese
Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled packaging that is approximately 55% empty space
Allegations: Failing to disclose that products contain dangerous levels of heavy metals
Allegations: Misleadingly representing that cocoa has been harvested following ethical and environmentally responsible standards
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the filling in snacks is “made with real cheese”
Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose candies contain a toxin that increases the risk of adverse health effects
Allegations: Deceptively representing the number of calories in candies
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that dog foods do not contain wheat, soy, or chicken when they contain significant amounts of the ingredients
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as containing cinnamon
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that ice cream bars are covered in milk chocolate when the coating contains ingredients not contained in real chocolate
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as “made with real fruit” when the fruit ingredients contain sugar and other non-fruit components
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