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Allegations: Failing to disclose that products are contaminated with the bacterium listeria monocytogenes
In January 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Trader Joe’s Company for allegedly misleadingly marketing that vanilla is the exclusive flavoring ingredient in its Just the Clusters Vanilla Almond Granola Cereal when, according to the complaint, the ingredients list shows that the cereal contains “Natural Flavor” instead of vanilla. (Figueroa et al v. Trader Joe’s Company, Case No. 20-cv-322, E. D. NY.)
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Allegations: Failing to disclose that products are contaminated with the bacterium listeria monocytogenes
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as gluten free
Allegations: Failing to disclose that products contain a bacterium that could lead to serious adverse health consequences
Allegations: Failing to disclose that products contain dangerous amounts of heavy metals
Allegations: Misleadingly advertising juices as “cold pressed” when they undergo high pressure processing after being extracted from fruits and vegetables
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing ingredients in graham crackers
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the filling as made with strawberry when it contains other fruits
Allegations: Deceptively underfilling cans of tuna
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that vanilla is the main flavoring ingredient when the flavor comes from artificial flavors
Allegations: Falsely marketing products as being 100% Manuka honey
Allegations: Falsely marketing that the flavor comes from vanilla and “other natural flavors” when the flavoring actually comes from artificial ingredients
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TINA.org is currently tracking 70 class actions challenging claims that a variety of foods and beverages are truly vanilla.
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