Chiquita causing environmental problems in Guatemala, class action says
Chiquita causing environmental problems in Guatemala, class action says
Legal Newsline Staff Writer • | February 18, 2015 | 2:45 pm
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – A proposed class action has been filed against Chiquita Brands International Inc., one of the world’s largest producers and marketers of fruits and vegetables, for allegedly misrepresenting its environmental and harvesting practices.
Plaintiff Justin Jablonowski filed his complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California Feb. 9.
Jablonowski claims Chiquita misleads consumers in terms of how its bananas are grown.
He contends, in the 28-page complaint, that the company’s bananas are manufactured in ways that are harming Guatemalan residents and destroying the region’s ecosystems.
“When a company falsely represents itself as an exemplar of environmental stewardship and/or omits the truth about its environmental and harvesting practices, which would be material to a reasonable consumer, and thereby induces consumers to buy its products, that company has engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices,” lawyers for the proposed class wrote. “This consumer class action arises from such practices.”
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