Reynolds foil class action lawsuit overview:

• Who: Zulaika Mayfield filed a class action lawsuit against Reynolds Consumer Products LLC.
• Why: Mayfield claims Reynolds falsely advertises that its Reynold Wrap brand aluminum foil is made in the U.S., despite containing a raw material that is allegedly sourced from outside the country.
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.

Reynolds falsely advertises that its Reynolds Wrap brand of aluminum foil is made in the US, a new class action lawsuit alleges.

Plaintiff Zulaika Mayfield claims Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil is, in reality, uses a raw material called bauxite that is sourced from outside of the U.S.

Mayfield argues Reynolds is thus misleading consumers who “value buying products which are made in America” by labeling that the Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil product is “Made in U.S.A.”

“Due to Defendant’s representation ‘FOIL MADE IN U.S.A. * * *,’ consumers will expect that all raw materials used in the foil Product are sourced from within the United States,” the Reynolds class action states.

Mayfield wants to represent a nationwide class of consumers who have purchased Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil since the beginning of the applicable liability period.

Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil contains bauxite that could not have been sourced inside the U.S., says class action

Since 1981, none of the bauxite that is mined in the US is used for aluminum, with the largest suppliers of raw material...

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