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Company: Barlean's Organic Oils LLC
Penalty: $1,600,000
Year: 2023
Date: March 6, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Barlean's agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle litigtion alleging it falsely advertised its coconut oil product as being healthier than butter.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Southern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:19-cv-00169
Case Name: Testone et al v. Barleans Organic Oils, LLC
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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