Hodsdon v. Mars, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING MARS INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT

RICHARD SEEBORG, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

That children and forced laborers pick cocoa beans,on a daily basis is indisputably an international tragedy. The debatable question is whether defendants Mars, Inc., and Mars Chocolate North America, LLC, must inform consumers at the point of sale that Mars chocolate products likely contain cocoa beans picked under such conditions. Plaintiff Robert Hodsdon claims that California law obligates Mars to disclose that information on its labels and seeks to mandate such…