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Company: Diamond Foods Inc.
Current Parent Company: Campbell Soup
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Penalty: $2,600,000
Year: 2012
Date: October 16, 2012
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Diamond Foods agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle litigation alleging it falsely advertised that its walnuts contributed to heart health.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:10-cv-01192
Case Name: Zeisel v. Diamond Foods, Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New Jersey
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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