Auquan's Weekly Wrap | 10th- 16th December: What you might have missed
Hellofresh allegations of extreme worker welfare: drug abuse, bribery, sexual harassment
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HelloFresh Employee Abuse
Auquan highlighted reports of animal abuse (monkey slave labour) in Hellofresh's supply chain three weeks ago an E. coli outbreak from its ground beef in September. Even more controversy surrounds the company: a local Swedish paper exposes terrible employee welfare (working hours, drug use, sexual harassment) and bribery/bought contracts within the Bjuv facility - triggering an investigation by the chairman of the municipal board in Bjuv.
- Employee at Hellofresh: "They treat you like you're an animal"
- 320 drug tests at Hellofresh: "Must take tablets","Allegations of bribery and bought contracts at Hellofresh"
- Alarm about harassment and bribery in Hello fresh's premises
- After the review: Bjuv calls Logent to a meeting about Hellofresh
- Meal Kit Giant Accused Of Using Monkey Labor To Source Coconut Milk
Hair Product Lawsuits
Dark & Lovely (owned by L'Oréal) allegedly failed to disclose known hazards linked with the product, which led to an Illinois woman developing endometrial cancer. Auquan have surfaced a growing number of similar lawsuits, unravelling after an initial report from the National Cancer Research Insititute. Unilever and Procter & Gamble, are exposed via their products to evolving hair-relaxing cancer litigations.
- Dark & Lovely Hair Relaxer Caused Endometrial Cancer Diagnosis, Lawsuit Alleges
- Doctors and endometrial cancer researchers want more data on hair chemicals
- Research Study: Use of Straighteners and Other Hair Products and Incident Uterine Cancer
- Four Women File Lawsuits Claiming Chemical Hair-Straightening Products Caused Uterine Cancer
Philips Faulty Respirator Recall
One of the lawyers, Chris Seeger, handling the mass claim against Philips, said that Philips lied about the devices' safety up to the June 2021 recall, despite warnings from its suppliers to stop using polyester foam in its masks to reduce noise in 2016. 'People are still using these defective machines even though we're dealing with a Class 1 recall operation,' he said. This follows the FDA reporting 21,000 cases between August to October 2022, and 91 more deaths. Philips says it is currently negotiating with around 60,000 people who have filed claims.
- Lawyer: Philips 'knew of problems with sleep apnea machines since 2016'
- Amid Massive Recall, Philips Reports Issues With Some Repaired Devices
- FDA says Philips filed 21,000 reports on bad foam Aug-Oct.
- Philips respirator recall reaches 260 reported deaths, FDA says
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