The Yuka application was condemned on Monday by the Aix-en-Provence commercial court, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, for “acts of denigration” against the cold meats of the manufacturer ABC Industries located in Peyrolles-en -Provence.
At the end of May, the Paris Commercial Court rendered a similar decision in favor of the Federation of Industrial Butchers and Caterers (FICT), of which ABC Industrie is a member. Based in Peyrolles-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), the company, of which a range of cooked hams enjoys a poor classification by Yuka given in particular their nitrite content, accused the application of having ” caused significant financial and moral damage, in addition to serious damage to his reputation, ”according to the judgment that AFP was able to consult.
Yuka appealed
ABC Industrie criticized Yuka in particular for disseminating false information on the dangers of nitrites for the health of consumers. “This company mainly sells products by the cut, these are products that you do not notice in Yuka”, responded Julie Chapon, the co-founder of Yuka, who decided to appeal.
“We were sentenced for moral and ‘reputational’ damage” but “Yuka’s rating system was not questioned,” which “was their main request,” she added. In its decision, the Aix-en-Provence commercial court orders Yuka to pay ABC Industrie 25,000 euros in damages, against 714,000 requested by the company.