P&G Can’t Dodge Deception Suit Over Honey in DayQuil, NyQuil

Procter & Gamble Co. failed to convince a federal judge to completely toss a proposed class lawsuit accusing the company of deceptively marketing versions of DayQui and NyQuil cold and flu medicine as having enough honey to flavor the products and provide coating and soothing benefits.

Though the parties agreed there was some amount of honey in the products, “prominent representations regarding its presence may be misleading if so little honey is present that it provides no benefit,” Judge Jeffrey S. White of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Tuesday, allowing one of the claims ...