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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Lindt & Sprungli
Ownership Structure: publicly traded
Headquartered in: Switzerland
Major Industry: food products
Specific Industry: food products
Penalty total since 2000: $10,095,664
Number of records: 26
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $6,000,000 | 2 |
| employment-related offenses | $3,087,998 | 2 |
| environment-related offenses | $707,124 | 6 |
| safety-related offenses | $300,542 | 16 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| consumer protection violation | $6,000,000 | 2 |
| wage and hour violation | $3,075,000 | 1 |
| environmental violation | $707,124 | 6 |
| workplace safety or health violation | $300,542 | 16 |
| labor relations violation | $12,998 | 1 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $5,250 |
| GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2023 | OSHA | $6,750 |
| RUSSELL STOVER CHOCOLATES, LLC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2016 | OSHA | $6,971 |
| GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2023 | OSHA | $7,145 |
| LINDT & SPRUNGLI (USA) INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2022 | OSHA | $7,800 |
| RUSSELL STOVER CHOCOLATES LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $7,814 |
| GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2005 | OSHA | $7,955 |
| RUSSELL STOVER CHOCOLATES, LLC | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $8,000 |
| LINDT & SPRUNGLI (USA) INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2018 | OSHA | $10,000 |
| Ghirardelli Chocolate | labor relations violation | 2004 | NLRB | $12,998 |
| LINDT AND SPRUNGLI AG | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $13,230 |
| RUSSELL STOVER CANDIES | workplace safety or health violation | 2021 | OSHA | $14,502 |
| GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $18,850 |
| Lindt & Sprungli | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | $19,300 |
| LINDT CHOCOLATES | environmental violation | 2011 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $19,300 |
| GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2017 | OSHA | $23,775 |
| RUSSELL STOVER CANDIES, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $25,405 |
| GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE COMPANY | workplace safety or health violation | 2013 | OSHA | $26,295 |
| RUSSELL STOVERS CANDIES, INC. | environmental violation | 2001 | EPA | $40,000 |
| RUSSELL STOVER CANDIES, INC. | environmental violation | 2007 | EPA | $62,824 |
| RUSSELL STOVER CANDIES, INC. | workplace safety or health violation | 2015 | OSHA | $110,800 |
| Russell Stover Candies, Inc. | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | $585,000 |
| RUSSELL STOVER CANDIES | environmental violation | 2012 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $585,000 |
| Ghirardelli and Russell Stover | consumer protection violation | 2019 | CA-MULTI | $750,000 |
| Russell Stover | wage and hour violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $3,075,000 |
| Ghiradelli Chocolate Co. | consumer protection violation | 2015 | private lawsuit-federal | $5,250,000 |
