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Herr’s® Snack products Class Action Herr’s® Snack products In June 2016, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Herr Food Inc. for allegedly falsely marketing Herr’s® potato chips, cheese curls, tortilla chips, popcorn, and onion ring snacks as having…
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