A California consumer has sued Quaker Oats for failing to disclose that 17 of their products contain the world’s most used weed killer, glyphosate.
Morgan Steckler, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint on October 26th in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against PepsiCo Inc. and The Quaker Oats Co. Inc. citing the Consumers Legal Remedies Act and Unfair Competition Law.
This latest lawsuit follows similar recent cases filed against General Mills and Bob’s Red Mill over glyphosate contamination of their products. Glyphosate is a ‘known carcinogen’ according to the State of California.
General Mills is facing a potentially damaging class action lawsuit after a Florida woman accused it of engaging in deceptive business practices, by not alerting the public that their Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios cereals contain the weed killer.
According to the Quaker Oats complaint, the defendants…
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Awesome. I hope millions more do the same.
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Me too!! 🙂
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Problem is these multinational corporations refer to law suits “cost of doing business”.
The publicity though is indeed a good thing as so many are feeding their kids contaminated cereal/foods.
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I agree Anabel, their fines are pathetic, paid out of their petty cash fund likely.
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Are their products sold in NZ?
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I’m unsure WW. Many of our readers are US so is relevant to them. But no I’ve not personally seen Quakers here.
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Looks like they are https://www.alittlebitofbritain.co.nz/products/quaker-oats-original?variant=8170700308571
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