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Quaker Oats' 100% natural claim questioned in lawsuit

Published Mon, May 2, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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A LAWSUIT seeking to be certified as a class action has been filed on behalf of consumers in New York and California against the owner of Quaker Oats after testing found traces of the herbicide glyphosate in some oatmeal.

While the level of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weed killer Roundup, detected in the oatmeal falls well below the limit set by federal regulators for human consumption, the lawsuit accuses Quaker of false advertising because it markets the oatmeal as "100 per cent natural".

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