How a TINA.org Reader Tip Led to a Record Penalty for False Made in USA Claims
FTC says civil penalty against Williams-Sonoma is “the largest ever in a Made in USA case.”
In January 2013, a federal district court threw out a class-action lawsuit against Citrus World Inc. for allegedly mislabeling its Florida’s Natural products as “100% orange juice” when the product is actually “heavily processed, stored and flavored.” U.S. District Judge Inge Prytz decided that the plaintiff didn’t suffer any injury from buying the orange juice and so the lawsuit should not go on. (Veal v. Citrus World Inc., Case No. 12-cv-0801, N. D. AL.)
FTC says civil penalty against Williams-Sonoma is “the largest ever in a Made in USA case.”
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Got milk? Apparently not.
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