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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Hershey Company
Current Parent Company: Hershey
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Penalty: $186,673
Year: 2015
Date: April 21, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Hershey agreed to pay $186,673 to the District Attorneys of Sacramento and Yolo counties to resolve allegations about the use of misleading packaging.
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: Pennsylvania
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.