Clark v. The Hershey Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
HOWARD CLARK, TODD HALL, ANGELA PIRRONE, individually, on behalf of all others similarly situated, and No. C 18-06113 WHA the general public,
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE MOTION TO
v.
INTERVENE
14 THE HERSHEY COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Defendant.
17 INTRODUCTION In this food-mislabeling case, proposed intervenors move to intervene. For the following reasons, the motion is DENIED. STATEMENT Previous orders have stated the facts of this case. Briefly, defendant The Hershey Company sells chocolates with a fruit-flavored center called “Brookside Dark Chocolate.” Each of the Brookside products at issue in this action are sold in packages with labels that represent the product is made with “No Artificial Flavors.” These products contain malic acid, a synthetic chemical (SAC ¶¶ 6, 18). Plaintiffs, Howard Clark, Todd Hall, and Angela Pirrone, allege the “No Artificial Flavors” labeling is false and misleading due to the…