Honest Company, Owned by Jessica Alba, Sued over Organic Infant Formula
Wonder where Jessica Alba is spending much of her time these days? Well, she's literally in some kind of minor hiatus in film to focus on her other venture called "The Honest Company." And while her name, being associated with the consumer goods company gave it a quick boost, it also has had its fair share of problems and issues. The brand prides itself at supplying non-toxic household products for the sake of ethical consumerism, but after fighting off a suit filed against the Honest Company with regards to their sunscreen product, Alba is now facing another lawsuit and this time, it concerns the brand's Premium Infant Formula.
The nonprofit group called Organic Consumers Association filed the lawsuit this month with the Los Angeles Superior Court, according to Yahoo. The claim is that Alba's company violated the Organic Food Production Act of 1990 as well as the California Organic Products Act of 2003 when it deceived consumers by advertising the infant formula as organic, when it allegedly contains multiple synthetic components.
According to Katherine Paul, the group's associate director, the 11 synthetic substances contained in the product are all prohibited under federal law and that the mere fact that it is intended for infants is just "unacceptable."
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This isn't the first time Honest became subject of a lawsuit. The first two were about its sunscreen and cleaning products, wherein the SPF 30 sunblock became controversial after several customers complained about getting skin burns when they used it. The cleaning product on the other hand, which was a liquid laundry detergent, allegedly contained SLS or sodium lauryl sulfate, an ingredient that the company previously said it didn't intend to use in any of their products.
For the infant formula, one of the ingredients the lawsuit mentioned is taurine – something that's not included in the national list of the National Organic Standards Board. The board believes that taurine in itself isn't an important or significant human dietary requirement and is usually obtained from synthetic sources.
However, Honest was quick to tell CNN that the very same infant formula is in fact approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
