Sure Clif Bar clients now have till subsequent yr to file a declare to obtain a money cost as a part of a $12 million settlement with the protein bar firm.
The USA District Courtroom for the Northern District of California prolonged the declare deadline for purchasers who bought Clif Bars or Clif Child ZBars between April 2014 and March 2023 to February 2025.
Final week, a proposed settlement was reached with Clif Bar & Firm over a lawsuit that alleged that the protein bar firm misled shoppers with labels on its Clif Bars and ZBars, making the merchandise appear more healthy than they had been. The go well with alleged that the merchandise had been unhealthy because of the added sugar content material.
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The go well with cited examples, saying the unique Clif Bars’ labeling or packaging bears the phrase “Nutrition for Sustained Energy” and Clif Child ZBars’ packaging bears claims corresponding to “No High Fructose Corn Syrup” and “Nourishing Kids in Motion.”
Nevertheless, the corporate denied any wrongdoing. It additionally maintains that its merchandise will not be unhealthy due to the added sugar content material and that the statements on its Clif Bars’ and ZBars’ labeling are true and never deceptive.
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The payouts will vary between $5 and $50.
Clients who’re eligible to obtain funds in California and New York will need to have bought the merchandise between April 19, 2014 and March 31, 2023. Clients exterior these two states qualify in the event that they bought the merchandise between March 31, 2019 to March 31, 2023.
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In an effort to get the cost, claims have to be submitted on-line or by mail. They have to be submitted or postmarked no later than Feb. 1, 2025.
Clients had up till the tip of October to inform the court docket why they believed the proposed settlement was unfair, unreasonable or insufficient.
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In addition they had up till the tip of October to ask to be excluded, which meant that they might not be certain by what the court docket did on this case and can preserve any proper they should sue Clif Bar & Firm individually about the identical authorized claims on this lawsuit.
