Ricola class action alleges company falsely advertises botanical benefits of green tea with echinacea throat drops

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Ricola throat drops class action lawsuit overview: 

• Who: Lonise Singo filed a class action lawsuit against Ricola USA Inc. 
• Why: Singo claims Ricola misleadingly represents that its green tea with echinacea throat drops get their cough suppressant abilities from green tea and echinacea. 
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court. 

Ricola misleadingly represents that its green tea with echinacea throat drops gets its cough suppressant abilities from green tea and echinacea when their active ingredient is actually menthol, a new class action lawsuit alleges. 

Plaintiff Lonise Singo claims Ricola is attempting to capitalize on an increasing consumer desire to purchase over-the-counter cough and cold drugs containing botanical or plant-based ingredients. 

Singo argues the Ricola green tea with echinacea throat drops actually contain menthol as its active ingredient, with green tea and echinacea having “no connection to the Product’s function.” 

Ricola is also trying to take advantage of a misguided consumer belief that echinacea and green tea have cough-suppressant abilities, despite “no credible evidence” they are actually able to provide that, the Ricola class action alleges. 

“No credible evidence supports a connection between botanical ingredients like echinacea and green tea and alleviating symptoms of upper respiratory infections such as coughs,” the Ricola class action states. 

Ricola accused of unjust enrichment, violating state consumer fraud acts

Singo wants to represent a New York class and multistate consumer fraud class of individuals who have purchased the Ricola green tea with echinacea throat drops. 

Ricola is accused of unjust enrichment and of violating the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, New York General Business Law and various state consumer fraud acts. 

The plaintiff is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory relief along with an award of monetary, statutory and/or punitive damages for herself and all class members. 

A similar class action lawsuit was filed against Ricola in May by a consumer arguing the company sold cough drops misleadingly marketed as getting their therapeutic benefits from herbs. 

Have you purchased Ricola’s green tea with echinacea throat drops? Let us know in the comments. 

The plaintiff is represented by Spencer Sheehan of Sheehan & Associates PC. 

The Ricola throat drops class action lawsuit is Singo, et al. v. Ricola USA Inc., Case No. 7:22-cv-10369, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. 

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