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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: McCormick & Company, Inc.
Current Parent Company: McCormick
Penalty: $2,500,000
Year: 2020
Date: June 5, 2020
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: McCormick agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle litigation alleging it underfilled pepper sold in grinders and tins.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of Columbia
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:15mc1825
Case Name: In re: McCormick & Company, Inc., Pepper Products Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Maryland
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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