The Trader Joe's Company and The Hershey Company are facing class-action lawsuits over the amount of lead and cadmium in some dark chocolate products. The suits allege that the companies misled ...

CR also added a few dark chocolate bars to its tests. Products came from big name brands like Hershey’s, Nestlé, and Ghirardelli; national retailers like Costco, Trader Joe’s, Target ...

Hershey's misled buyers of its dark chocolate by not disclosing the products contain lead and another potentially harmful chemical, according to a lawsuit filed against the candy maker.

"By marketing the Products as containing only dark chocolate ingredients, and not disclosing the presence of cadmium and lead, Defendant misleads reasonable consumers." Hershey's did not ...

The Hershey Company and Trader Joe’s are facing new lawsuits accusing the companies of misleading consumers who buy their dark chocolate products, after a Consumer Reports investigation found ...

Hershey is being sued over claims that its dark chocolate contains high levels ... unaware of the existence of lead and cadmium" in the products because it sources the ingredients, manufactures ...

The products came from major brands including Hershey's, Ghirardelli and Nestlé. Every product tested contained detectable amounts of lead and cadmium. Five of the seven dark chocolate bars ...

Hershey has been sued by a consumer who accused the company of selling dark chocolate that contains ... to be truthful about ingredients in its products. The lawsuit seeks at least $5 million ...

Products found to contain excessive metal content included a dark chocolate bar and hot chocolate mix from Walmart, cocoa powder from Hershey’s and Droste, semi-sweet chocolate chips from Target ...

The Hershey’s Special Dark Mildly Sweet Chocolate bar contained ... processing cocoa beans reduces lead and cadmium in chocolate products,” it said. The NCA said the products in the study ...

We also added a few more dark chocolate bars to our test. Products came from big name brands such as Hershey’s, Ghirardelli, and Nestlé; national retailers like Costco, Target, Trader Joe’s ...

The products tested included dark chocolate bars, milk chocolate bars ... industrywide question pertinent to all brands, not just Hershey, a spokesperson for the candy maker told CBS MoneyWatch ...