PENSACOLA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) — Nestle is facing a class action alleging its Perrier brand sparkling mineral water is fraudulently marketed and labeled as containing a significant amount of actual fruit ingredients.
Nancy McCoy, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed a complaint Jan. 29 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida against Nestle USA Inc., alleging violation of Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and other claims.
McCoy alleges she purchased Nestle's Perrier brand sparkling mineral water at various stores in Pensacola between 2021 and 2023. She claims she saw the "green tinted" bottle with the image of two lime wedges and believed the beverage contained a greater amount of lime.
McCoy alleges that Nestle's labeling is misleading because the product does not contain "an appreciable amount" of lime and lacks lime-flavored compounds. She also alleges the product's name sold under the "esteemed" Perrier brand and imported from France gives consumers a false belief and she claims Nestle knew the "product attributes" that customers seek and developed its marketing and labeling to meet those desires with only a minimal amount of actual fruit ingredients in the sparkling water.
McCoy and the class seek monetary relief, interest, trial by jury and all other just relief. They are represented by Spencer Sheehan of Sheehan & Associates PC in Great Neck, New York.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida Pensacola Division case number 3:23-CV-02218-MCR-HTC