Article: Dairy underfilled containers, suit says

A group of area residents who don't think there's enough milk in their milk cartons filed suit Tuesday against the dairy.

The lawsuit alleges that Swiss Valley Farms Co., which sells and distributes its milk products throughout the Midwest, has sold containers with significantly less milk than stated on the labels.

The allegations were based on recent surveys by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Last month, the FTC reported that 40 percent of milk and juice containers the agency inspected were underfilled by as much as 6 percent. As part of the same study, Wisconsin inspectors reported that Swiss Valley Farms ...

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