Ferrara Settles SweeTart Malic Acid Litigation

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
March 7, 2019

A California federal court has preliminarily approved a settlement agreement between a consumer and Ferrara Candy Co. alleging the company misleadingly advertised its SweeTarts as free of artificial flavors despite containing malic acid. Littlejohn v. Ferrara Candy Co., No. 18-0658 (S.D. Cal., entered February 28, 2019). Under the agreement, Ferrara will remove the phrase “no artificial flavors” from its packaging and marketing materials and pay $272,000 in attorney’s fees.

Categories: 9th Circuit, Issue 705, Litigation
Tags: artificial flavoring, California, malic

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Ferrara Settles SweeTart Malic Acid Litigation

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