Class Action

Various Parmesan and Romano Cheese Products

Class Action

Various Parmesan and Romano Cheese Products

July 2016: This case was transferred to multidistrict litigation (MDL) to be heard with similar lawsuits. To learn more about the MDL, click here.

June 2016: Multiple class-action lawsuits regarding various Grated Parmesan Cheese products – including Kraft’s Walmart’s, and Target’s – were transferred to one court to be heard together. (In Re: 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL No. 2705, United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation)

March 2016: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Kraft Heinz Foods Company, Target Corporation, and SuperValu Inc. for allegedly falsely marketing various cheese products – including Kraft’s “100% Grated Parmesan Cheese” and “100% Grated Parmesan & Romano Cheese,” Target’s Market Pantry “100% grated Parmesan cheese,” and SuperValu’s Essential Everyday “100% Grated Parmesan Cheese” and “100% Grated Parmesan & Romano Cheese” – as containing “100%” grated Parmesan cheese or “100%” grated Parmesan & Romano cheese when, according to plaintiffs, such claims are actually false because the products contain significant amounts of fillers, such as cellulose derived from wood fiber. (Yankee et al v. Kraft Heinz Foods Company, Target Corporation, and SuperValu Inc., Case No. 16-cv-2873, N.D. Ill.)

For more information about other class-action lawsuits regarding parmesan cheese products and TINA.org’s coverage of the product, click here.


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