Trader Joe's Hershey's and many other brands are facing class action lawsuits over the amount of harmful chemicals in their dark chocolate products.
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First they ruined Subway tuna then they ruined Skittles. In the latest troubling litigation news a series of surprising new class-action lawsuits is forcing us to reexamine some of our so-called “healthy” snacking habits.
This week a lawsuit was filed in New York State against Trader Joe's alleging that the brand misled customers by failing to disclose that several of its dark chocolate products contained lead and cadmium. This follows a lawsuit filed last week that made similar claims against the Hershey's brand.
