The lawsuit asks a judge to award “economic compensation” to all the consumers who have “suffered injury” over drinking Simply Juice products over a period that in some cases dates back years. The lawsuit further claims that the tests run by Lurenz found elevated PFAS levels in the water used to make the juice.
“In reality, Plaintiff’s testing has revealed that the Product contains per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a category of synthetic chemicals that are, by definition, not natural,” reads បណ្តឹង filed by Joseph Lurenz on Dec. 28.
Coca-Cola did not immediately respond to TheStreet’s request for comment. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has claimed that FDA levels in most commercially-available food and drinks is ស្ទើរតែមិនអាចរកឃើញ but has been facing calls for years to regulate the chemicals more strictly, both from environmental activists and food safety scientists.
“When the FDA finds a detectable level of a chemical contaminant in food, such as PFAS, the agency conducts an assessment to evaluate whether the level detected presents a possible human health concern and warrants further FDA action,” the agency សរសេរ on its website page about PFAS.
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You’ve Been Seeing More of The Simply Juice Brand While similar class-action lawsuits take place fairly frequently, the scope of the brand has been drawing attention — Simply is, after Coke itself, the company’s second-biggest brand in terms of ប្រាក់ចំណូល និងការទទួលស្គាល់។
Coca-Cola has also been pinning major hopes on its popularity. Past earnings reports show that it brings in over $1 billion in revenue per quarter.
Even after slashing ជាង 200 ម៉ាក such as Tab diet soda and Zico coconut water in 2020, Coca-Cola has also been on a mission to expand its Simply presence. Last year, the company launched a line of hard cocktails under the Simply Juice brand. The Simply Spiked canned cocktails come in a 12-pack of strawberry lemonade, watermelon lemonade, blueberry lemonade and regular lemonade flavors while one can also buy 24-ounce standalone cans.