Coconut Water Labeling Changes Reached To Settle Class Complaint

Mealey's (January 19, 2017, 7:39 AM EST) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Harmless Harvest Inc., according to a motion for preliminary settlement approval filed Dec. 27 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, has agreed to remove the wording from its packages that indicates that its coconut water products are “100% Organic” and “Raw” in order to settle a class complaint accusing it of misrepresenting its products on its labels (Guoliang Ma, et al. v. Harmless Harvest, Inc., No. 16-7102, E.D. N.Y.)....