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Company: Dannon Company, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Danone
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Penalty: $21,000,000
Year: 2010
Date: December 15, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Dannon agreed to pay $21 million to resolve multistate allegations that it made unsubstantiated and unlawful marketing claims concerning its Activia yogurt and DanActive dairy drinks.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: France
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: food products
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