Posted on 11/08/2019 9:46:48 PM PST by mdittmar
(Reuters) - Ben & Jerry’s has been sued by an environmental advocate who said it deceived consumers by touting that the milk and cream it uses to make ice cream came exclusively from “happy cows.”
In a complaint filed last week, James Ehlers said Ben & Jerry’s “breached consumer trust” by representing that the milk and cream were sourced from cows on Vermont dairies that participate in its “Caring Dairy” program.
Ehlers said less than half the milk and cream actually came from “happy cows,” with the rest coming from “factory-style, mass-production” dairy operations.
He said the deception enabled Ben & Jerry’s and its parent Unilever Plc to charge premium prices, unjustly enriching themselves and violating a Vermont consumer protection law.
The proposed class action filed on Oct. 29 in the federal court in Burlington, Vermont seeks damages for ice cream purchasers nationwide and in Vermont, and to stop Ben & Jerry’s from claiming its milk and cream came from “happy cows” on “Caring Dairy” farms.
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I like that song too.
This article caught my attention because it reminded me that I have a pint or two of Ben and Jerry’s buried in my freezer.
Yes, I confess. I bought their ice cream. I’ll decide how ashamed I am after I try it.
In my defense, I got it for three reasons: it’s high in butterfat, it’s a full pint (unlike Hagen-Dazs’ 14 ounces. Plus, I got it for $2.99
Wow
😁 How many abreasts does a cow have? 😆
Outstanding! I’ll be filing suit next week against Laughing Cow cheese.
LOL
An udderly ridiculous question...
No doubt, but I think the cow gets her revenge, by clogging everyone’s arteries with fat. 👎
“And to this day, there’s a little bit of Belle in every bite of Blue Belle ice cream”
Dang.
That just sounds wrong.
Yes, liberals VS liberals.
they shoudla used the term ‘gay cows’ - not ‘happy’ - Homo-genized milk- that way enviro-wacko earth worshippin people won’t know if the ‘gay’ means ‘happy’ or fruity- Confuse em-
you should be ashamed- 1/2 of the milk comes from sad weeping, wailing suicidal cows all hepped up on anti-depressants
How now emo cow.
I can’t wait for the cows’ depositions.
Udderly ridiculous
CARNATION evaporated milk had a slogan, “From Contented Cows”. The sore @$$ who launched that lawsuit obviously never set foot on a dairy farm. If he had, and we’re honest, he’d have seen that the reason the cows are HAPPY is because they are PAMPERED. That’s how a dairy farm prospers; by pampering the cows. Unhappy cows don’t produce well.
Damn autofill! Should say, “and WERE honest”. The Verizon techs tell me the autofill on a Google Pixel phone cannot be turned off. They’ll NEVER sell me another one.
Why would you willingly fund the enemy for a few pennies?
>>I can’t wait for the cows’ depositions.
Is a shovel involved?
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