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 March and April 2015, three class-action lawsuits were filed against multiple California wineries – including The Wine Group, Rebel Wine Co., Sutter Home Winery, Golden State Vintners, Beringer Vineyards, and Treasury Wines Estates Americas Co. – for, among other things, allegedly deceptively failing to disclose that their wines contain dangerous levels of inorganic arsenic. To read the complaints, click on the case information below.
For more information about other class-action lawsuits regarding the misleading marketing of alcohol and TINA.org’s coverage of the issue, click here.
FTC says civil penalty against Williams-Sonoma is “the largest ever in a Made in USA case.”
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