Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements falsely advertised as promoting heart health, class action claims

Nature’s Bounty class action lawsuit overview: 

• Who: Anthony Fasce filed a class action lawsuit against Nestlé Health Sciences U.S. LLC and its brand Nature’s Bounty. 
• Why: Fasce claims Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements are falsely advertised as being beneficial for cardiovascular health. 
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court. 

Nestlé Health Sciences falsely advertises that its Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements help improve heart health, a new class action lawsuit alleges. 

Plaintiff Anthony Fasce’s class action lawsuit claims Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements come in a bottle prominently labeled “heart health,” despite randomized trials showing fish oil has no heart-related benefits. 

“Scientists and consumer health advocates have warned that fish oil labels are misleading, and that consumers are wasting their money,” the Nature’s Bounty class action states. 

Fasce is seeking to represent a nationwide class and New York subclass of consumers who have purchased one or more Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements within the applicable statute of limitations period. 

Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements provide no heart-related benefits, class action claims

Fasce argues that, while eating fish promotes cardiovascular health, multiple randomized trials have pitted fish oil against placebos and shown “no evidence of heart-related benefits from fish oil supplements.” 

“(Fasce) would not have purchased the Product if he had known that the Products have not actually been shown to improve cardiovascular outcomes or promote heart health,” the class action states. 

Fasce claims Nestlé Health Sciences is guilty of intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, breach of express warranty and breach of implied warranties, and of violating an implied contract, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, New York General Business Law and consumer protection acts in six states. 

The plaintiff is demanding a jury trial and requesting injunctive relief along with an award of treble and punitive damages for himself and all class members. 

A separate class action lawsuit filed against Nature’s Bounty and The Bountiful Co. in September 2021 accused them of selling fish oil tablets containing neither fish oil nor any other essential omega-3 fatty acids.

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The plaintiff is represented by Christin Cho and Simon Franzini of Dovel & Luner LLP and Alan M. Feldman, Zachary Arbitman and Samuel Mukiibi of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP. 

The Nature’s Bounty fish oil class action lawsuit is Fasce v. Nestlé Health Sciences U.S. LLC d/b/a Nature’s Bounty, Case No. 7:24-cv-01009, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. 

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