Judge Again Rejects Settlement In UCL Class Action Over General Mills Fruit Snacks

Mealey's (July 11, 2022, 1:48 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on June 21 denied a renewed motion for preliminary approval of a class settlement brought by putative class action plaintiffs who allege that a food products manufacturer violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by misrepresenting its fruit-flavored snack products as containing no artificial flavors, finding that “the proposed settlement does not seem likely to provide any benefit to the class at all.”...