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Company: Blue Buffalo Company
Penalty: $32,000,000
Year: 2016
Date: May 19, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Blue Buffalo agreed to pay $32 million to settle litigation alleging it falsely marketed its pet food products as being free of poultry byproducts.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Eastern District of Missouri
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 4:14-md-02562
Case Name: In re: Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd., Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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