Bumble Bee Seafoods
Allegations: Falsely marketing seafoods as sustainable
Premium Select Medium Red Smoked Salmon Filets in Oil
Case Name (Date)
Rodriguez et al v. Bumble Bee Foods, LLC
17-cv-2447, S.D. Cal.
(Dec. 2017)
Product/Service
Premium Select Medium Red Smoked Salmon Filets in Oil
Allegations
Deceptively marketing products as being high-quality, wild-caught salmon when the fish is low-quality, farm-raised salmon
Misleadingly marketing products as being smoked salmon when the smoke flavor comes from an added ingredient
Status
Settled
(Final approval granted)
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