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Company: The Gatorade Company
Current Parent Company: PepsiCo
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Penalty: $300,000
Year: 2017
Date: September 21, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The California Attorney General announced a settlement involving allegations that The Gatorade Company violated California consumer protection laws by making misleading statements about water in a mobile videogame application it used to promote Gatorade sports drinks to teens and young adults.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
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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