A customer at the Norwood Shaw's says he's not just offended but "injured in fact" by the store-brand container of "100%" grated Parmesan cheese he bought that is filled with "adulterants and fillers," including cellulose, a wood-derived substance of nutritive value only to termites. So he's filed a lawsuit against Shaw's parent company.
In his suit, filed yesterday in US District Court in Boston, Derrick Sims makes the casein that he was just floored to learn that his container of Essential Everyday grated parmesan cheese, which "boldly" states it's 100% grated parmesan cheese, might actually be more like 91% cheese and 9% cellulose. Grated-cheese makers use cellulose as an anti-clumping agent.
Plaintiff would not have purchased the product, and/or would have paid significantly less for the product, had he known that the “100%†representation is false and mischaracterizes the amount and percentage of Parmesan Cheese in the container.
Through his attorneys, Sims seeks to become the lead plaintiff in a class action against Shaw's owners, who operate Shaw's, Star Markets and a bunch of stores nobody in Massachusetts has ever heard of, but which also sell Essential Everyday grated parmesan cheese. The lawsuit cites consumer-protection laws in states across the country.
The suit asks a judge to bar the chains from selling anything less than 100% grated parmesan cheese, hand over all their ill begotten gains from selling cellulose disguised as parmesan cheese, pay lots of damages and, of course, reimburse the lawyers.
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Not only that,
By Bob Leponge
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 11:38pm
Not only that, but a lot of comments are of low value, and posting them merely overtaxes the available resources.
Messageboard rule #2
By anon
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 9:09am
Messageboard rule #2
YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT MESSAGEBOARD.
Username >> anon posting
By KSquared
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 9:18am
The anon postings get the time stamp of when they are submitted, but they have to be approved by Adam, which frequently leads to people saying the same thing and thinking that they are the first to do so.
Really?
By Gary C
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 10:00am
I didn't know that. Thanks for the lesson.
i love fake cheese on my fake
By anon
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 9:13am
i love fake cheese on my fake food.
Also, this lousy scamp. He
By anon
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 9:20am
Also, this lousy scamp. He probably read this article from the Bloomberg and purposely went out and bought it so he could sue.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-16/...
Notice how the article says 8.8% cellulose and the guy, who is no doubt a world-renowned cheese scientist, calculated it to be 9%.
Bingo
By adamg
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 9:37am
The complaint is basically based on that Bloomberg article, rather than the plaintiff going out and testing cheese on his own.
In his defense, there are set
By anon
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 9:42am
In his defense, there are set limits on the amount of cellulose allowed in cheese, and this stuff went way over that limit. So while I doubt this guy was acting on noble intentions, I can't exactly feel bad for the company. Actually, screw them.
pardon me sir
By Scumquistador
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 9:54am
but it is entirely reasonable to gaze upon an entire set of belligerents, shake your head, and say F the world
no need to limit your scorn
I like the cut of your jib.
By anon
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 10:33am
I like the cut of your jib.
This is not Sims' first rodeo
By TC83
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 9:28am
http://www.universalhub.com/2014/california-compan...
Poor wording, not intent to deceive
By eddiil
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 9:58am
Ok, now that we've had our fun...
This is a case of food labeling laws creating jargon out of common terms. "Grated Parmesan Cheese" is explicitly allowed to include anti-caking agents without the need for a modifier like "grated cheese product" or "grated cheese food." So 100% "Grated Parmesan Cheese" does not mean it's 100% cheese because "Grated Parmesan Cheese" is not 100% cheese according to federal law.
Federal Grated Cheese Law:
Another example of why we need a new president. A true
By bulgingbuick
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 10:13am
leader that knows cheese. A leader who'll make our cheese great again. We are not cheddar cheese, or yellow cheese or parmesan or munster cheeses but real american cheese. We need to worry less about perception and political correctness and build a wall around the dairy isle. If the Kurds can find a whey to american style democracy so can we.
This is becoming
By boo_urns
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 10:15am
a real wedge issue.
Yes! — Yet Another Reason To Vote For Bernie Sanders!
By Elmer
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 1:12pm
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Bernie always looks like he just cut the
By bulgingbuick
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 2:56pm
cheese.
Cheese
By Diane
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 10:43am
Most of the additives in pre-grated cheeses is there to keep the cheese from sticking and clumping. It is often wheat based. Celiacs and people who must be gluten free should never use these types of cheeses. Grate your own from a block of real cheese.
The Norwood Shaw's has been
By TubbButt
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 12:02pm
The Norwood Shaw's has been known to be blatantly dishonest in the past. See this video (somewhat loud... be ready with the volume control):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9S_ZpvXB4E
It might also be that the
By Rob
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 12:56pm
It might also be that the cheese (whatever portion of the contents that is cheese) is 100% Parmesan, as opposed to Parmesan-Romano.
Does this mean
By anon
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 1:06pm
I'm supposed to believe that Juicy Juice is really 100% juice for 100% kids?Does this mean
Check out http://consumerworld.org
By theszak
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 1:15pm
Check out
http://consumerworld.org
I'd be willing to bet this
By tcf098
Tue, 03/22/2016 - 1:15pm
I'd be willing to bet this Sims guy also drives a car with a home-made sign taped to the back end that reads "DO NOT TAILGATE", and brake checks anyone who gets within 20 feet.
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