date:Sep 05, 2012
be used as part of a healthy breakfast. A consumer claimed she was misled since she did not understand that a serving of this product contained high levels of sugar, fat and calories. A subsequent class action suit resulted in a monetary settlement when the judge accepted the consumer complaint that the spread was not a healthy, nutritious food as implied in the advertisement.
Misuse and excessive use
Groups like the Union for Concerned Scientists, a non-profit science advocacy group, have comp