Last year, lawyers filed a record-breaking 325 class-action lawsuits against food and beverage companies for misleading consumers. Spencer Sheehan is a lawyer based in New York who specializes in consumer protection cases. Share the cozy this holiday season with Bombas. Go to bombas.com and use code bombas for 20% off your first purchase.
Tostitos chips without real lime. Root beer made with fake vanilla. Instant mac and cheese that isn’t so instant. These products are among the hundreds targeted by lawyer Spencer Sheehan, who wants Big Food to stop misrepresenting its products.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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