Safeway faces collective lawsuit for mislabeling canned tuna
Canned tuna in water from Safeway. (Photo Credit: Safeway)
(UNITED STATES, 11/12/2015)
Safeway supermarket chain is facing a collective lawsuit presented at a federal court in California, accusing it of tricking consumers by selling canned tuna with less content than that indicated on the label.
The action lawsuit was started by plaintiff Ehder Soto, who claims to have purchased five cans of tuna every two weeks from 2012 to 2014 at a Safeway supermarket in Santa Cruz, California, and states that content was not that described on the labels.
On bealh of the disappointed consumers, the lawsuit accuses Safeway of breaching California's laws related to consumption and advertising.
The lawsuit also alleges that while federally mandated fill standards assert that 5 ounce cans of tuna must have a minimum of 2.84 ounces by weight, between 98 and 100 percent of tested Safeway’s cans per lot failed to meet this requirement.
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