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Company: General Mills
Current Parent Company: General Mills
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Penalty: $375,000
Year: 2017
Date: January 13, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: General Mills agreed to pay $375,000 to the District Attorneys of Fresno, Santa Cruz and Yolo counties to resolve allegations it put products in oversized packages, giving shoppers the impression they held more product than was present.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Minnesota
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: food products
Source of Data: Prosecutors settle with General Mills over food packaging, The Davis Enterprise, January 13, 2017 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.