The American Heart Association and Campbell Soup Co. were sued for claiming soup products as more heart-healthy than they really are, a source told ABC News.
According to the report, Campbell soups have a "heart-check label" which was approved and certified by the American Heart Association.
However, Oshea's attorney, Adam Levitt told ABC News that their main goal is to obtain compensation for all of their clients who purchased Campbell's products that were falsely represented.
Atty. Levitt further stressed that their second goal is to send a message to corporate America that it is wrong to mislabel and misrepresent product qualities.
According to the report, the lawsuit filed against the company and the AHA focused on the fact that none of Campbell's products that are AHA-certified met the latter's own noncommercial dietary and nutritional standards. The product contains 410 milligrams of sodium per serving which exceeds AHA's low-sodium threshold of 140 milligrams of sodium per serving.
Levitt said another problem is that the AHA uses two different sets of nutritional criteria. The AHA standards claim that consumers should not exceed 1,500 milligrams of sodium per day but should also choose low-sodium foods under 140 milligrams.
Levitt clarified that the heart-check label states that 480 milligrams of sodium per serving is most ideal.
As of late, the spokesperson of the AHA has not yet commented on the issue, ABC News reported.
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