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Company: Ghirardelli and Russell Stover
Current Parent Company: Lindt & Sprungli
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Penalty: $750,000
Year: 2019
Date: January 29, 2019
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Ghirardelli and Russell Stover, both owned by Lindt & Sprungli, agreed to pay $750,000 in settlement of allegations by the District Attorneys of Fresno, Yolo, Scaramento, San Joaquin, Shasta and Santa Cruz counties that they packaged some chocolate products in oversized containers and that Ghirardelli sold one product containing less cocoa than stated.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
HQ Country of Current Parent: Switzerland
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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