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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nina Lakhani

Florida sugar company’s environmental claims are ‘greenwashing’, lawsuit says

Florida Crystal sugar products
Florida Crystals is the subject of a new lawsuit. Photograph: Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

A major sugar company has been accused of harmful environmental practices while claiming to be a leader in the fight against the climate crisis, in a class-action lawsuit filed on Wednesday.

Florida Crystals, one of the US’s biggest sugar firms, and its parent company, the Fanjul Corporation, are accused of deceiving consumers and endangering public health by continuing to use environmentally harmful pre-harvest burning.

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