Walmart Fish Oil Supplement Buyer Can Proceed With False-Ad Suit

Walmart Inc. lost its bid to quickly exit a proposed class suit alleging its “Spring Valley 1000 mg Fish Oil” dietary supplement is deceptively called fish oil.

Federal labeling law doesn’t block the claims, and lead plaintiff Edison Corpuz plausibly alleged that consumers could be misled by the fish oil label, a federal judge in California said Thursday.

Fish oil is among the most popular diet supplements used in the US, Corpuz said. The global fish oil market is currently estimated to reach $2.8 billion by 2027, according to his complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District ...