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Company: Hain Celestial Group Inc.
Current Parent Company: Hain Celestial Group
Penalty: $9,350,000
Year: 2016
Date: February 17, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Hain agreed to pay $7.5 million in cash and $1.85 million in coupons to settle litigation alleging it falsely labeled products as organic.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:11cv3082
Case Name: Brown et al v. The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
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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