November 18, 2014
General Mills Inc. settled four proposed class actions alleging the company lied to consumers when it labeled Nature Valley granola bars as being "100 percent natural" and agreed not to use the phrase on products that contain artificially produced ingredients, the plaintiffs' attorneys said Tuesday.
March 26, 2014
A California federal judge refused Wednesday to dismiss three proposed class actions accusing General Mills Inc. of deceptively marketing its Nature Valley snacks as all-natural when they actually contain genetically modified organisms, though he trimmed some claims from two of them.
October 03, 2012
General Mills Inc. was hit with a proposed class action Monday in California federal court alleging it deceptively marketed its Nature Valley snacks as all-natural when they actually contain genetically modified organisms, in violation of state unfair competition laws.