CATrends: Deceptive ‘Plant-Based’ Claims
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Omega 3 Mood
December 2013: A federal judge granted the company’s motion to dismiss, which the named plaintiff did not oppose.
August 2013: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Country Life, LLC and was removed to federal court in September 2013 for allegedly deceptively advertising its dietary supplement Omega 3 Mood. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Country Life promotes Omega 3 Mood as supporting brain health, emotional health, and mood without having any clinical studies or medically-accepted evidence to support such claims. (Hoffman et al. v. Country Life, LLC, Case No. 13-cv-05565, D. NJ.).
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