Class Action Lawsuit Claiming Goldfish Have Deceptive Labels Moved to Federal Court
On Tuesday, a class action lawsuit against Campbell Soup Company and Pepperidge Farm Inc. alleging that producers deceptively labeled Goldfish prod...
On Tuesday, a class action lawsuit against Campbell Soup Company and Pepperidge Farm Inc. alleging that producers deceptively labeled Goldfish products with '0g sugars' was removed from the Alameda Superior Court to the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs alleged that Goldfish snack products are deceptively labeled because the packaging claims that they contain '0g sugars' when in fact they are not 'a low calorie food, not a reduced calorie food and not for weight control.' They argued that 'the average consumer cannot … be expected to determine if a food is low calorie simply by looking at the calorie content.