The Versailles Commercial Court sentenced Yuka on interim proceedings to pay 3,000 euros to the French Federation of Preserved Food Industries (Fiac). Those responsible for this app, created to indicate the healthiest foods and cosmetics, have been found guilty of “bashing”.
Justice has also forced them to delete the "disputed passages" from an article published on the blog of the app entitled "Stop food packaging", reports Le Figaro .
An article based "on a single source"
This publication posted online in October 2019 had prompted Fiac to file a complaint against Yuka. The app for the 12 million users implied that the health risks linked to aluminum concerned canned food. It was based on the research of a nutritionist on cooking utensils.
The court ruled that "the information transmitted (...) also lacks a sufficient factual basis, (...) it is based on a single source, which is wrongly cited and interpreted extensively".
"An abusive generalization"
"The tone of the words contained in the blog lacks measure by an abusive generalization relating to all the packaging in which food is kept," added justice in these conclusions relayed by Legalis . She likened this publication to denigration and a commercial practice harming industrialists.
Yuka finally decided to completely delete the article concerned.
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