Claims Emerge To Join “Natural” As Class Action Fodder
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Claims a product is “natural,” health and prevention claims, “whole grain” and “made with” claims, all can put a firm at risk for a lawsuit, the Center for Science in the Public Interest warns. After climbing for five years in a row, class action lawsuits brought against food products dipped in 2013, but the decline may be short-lived.
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