Twinings Bagged Teas
Allegations: Misleading marketing tea as being from England when Twinings products sold outside of England come from China and Poland
September 2016: A federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of Twinings of North America finding that the named plaintiff did not have standing to pursue injunctive relief. Later in the month, the named plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal regarding the final judgment.
April 2014: A federal judge certified the class for injunctive relief but not monetary relief, finding that the named plaintiff failed to present a practical way to measure monetary damages.
January 2014: A federal judge determined that consumers could not move forward with health-related deceptive labeling claims made against Twining Tea. The class action complaint, which was originally filed in 2012, alleges that the company mislabels its green, black, and white tea products as being natural sources of antioxidants without meeting certain regulatory requirements for making such a claim. The judge granted Twining Tea’s motion for summary judgment on the grounds that such a claim is not illegal because (1) the FDA has not defined the term “natural source of,” and (2) the claim is too general and does not relate to a specific health-related condition. (Lanovaz et al v. Twinings of North America, Inc., Case No. 12-cv-02646, N.D. Cal.).
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Allegations: Misleading marketing tea as being from England when Twinings products sold outside of England come from China and Poland
April 2015: A federal judge denied the plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration. March 2015: Plaintiffs asked the Court to reconsider its decision to dismiss this lawsuit. February 2015: A federal judge…
January 2015: This action was voluntarily dismissed, the reasons for which have not been disclosed. October 2014: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Twinings of North America, Inc. for allegedly…
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