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Redundancy

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I am affiliated with the article-subject and have a disclosed COI. I noticed the current article, under History/Legal issues has two redundant sentences referring to the same lawsuit:

In 2015, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Purina, claiming that the dog food manufactured by the company was hazardous for pets.[1]

Later in that section the page states:

In 2015, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Purina. It alleged that the company's Beneful brand of dog food contained toxic ingredients. Purina said these ingredients were FDA-approved.[2][3]

They both seem to be referring to the same lawsuit. I suggest keeping the second one and trimming the first sentence, as the second reference to the lawsuit has more detail and better sources. CorporateM (Talk) 12:35, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Missouri Dog Treat Class Action Settlement, Hectamedia, May 20, 2015, retrieved May 1, 2016
  2. ^ Silva, Daniella (February 24, 2015). "Lawsuit Claims Purina's Beneful Is Poisoning, Killing Dogs". NBC News. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Hernandez, Jodi; Fernandez, Lisa. "Dogs Were "Poisoned": Discovery Bay Man Sues Purina After His Dogs Die, Get Sick". NBC. Retrieved February 27, 2015.

Reply 2-APR-2019

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  Edit request implemented  

  • I've removed the first mention of this and kept the second mention. But I removed the claim from Purina that these ingredients are FDA approved. The mycotoxins are produced by mold found in grains. It is this toxin — and not the grain itself — which is being blamed for the pet illnesses.  Spintendo  04:22, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Class Action

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The current article-text states:

In 2015, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Purina alleging that the company's Beneful brand of dog food contained toxins produced by mold found in grains — grain being a major ingredient in Beneful.[35][36]

It seems to flow logically that the article should include the fact that the case was dismissed. Can we add something like the following?

The lawsuit was later changed to a claim of false advertising rather than harm to pets, but eventually all claims against Nestlé Purina were dismissed by the court.[1]

CorporateM (Talk) 19:58, 17 June 2019 (UTC)   Edit request implemented  [reply]

CorporateM I added more info to clarify what happened, with a better non-adblock-blocked source. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 19:48, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Judge dismisses Beneful lawsuit". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 18, 2016. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)