Judge Holds Reasonable Consumer Would Not Be Misled By Candy Packaging

Mealey's (March 5, 2019, 1:55 PM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on March 1 held that a purchaser failed to show that a reasonable consumer would believe that a gummy candy product did not contain any artificial flavors, granting a motion filed by the seller of the product to dismiss her class action claims for violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), false advertising law (FAL) and other causes of action (Sandra Brown v. Starbucks Corporation, No. 18cv2286, S.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33211)....