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Packaging of Various Optimum Nutrition Whey Products
August 2016: This action was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled. as to the named plaintiffs and When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled. as to the class members. The reasons for the dismissal have not been disclosed.
November 2015: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Optimum Nutrition for allegedly deceptively packaging whey products – including 100% Gold Standard Whey, 100% Oats & Whey, Performance Whey, and Naturally Flavored 100% Casein – in opaque containers that contain approximately 35% empty space. (Zakhour et al v. Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Inc. d/b/a Optimum Nutrition, Inc., Case No. 15-cv-2513, S. D. CA.)
For more information about other class-action lawsuits regarding 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 and TINA.org’s coverage of the issue, click here.
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