A Petach Tikvah court has been asked to certify a NIS 1.97 billion class-action lawsuit against 16 companies that sell products containing Omega-3 fatty acids. The companies include some of the largest health firms in Israel, including Maccabee Health Services, the Superpharm chain, Altman Products, Solgar, and others. According to the suit, the companies sold the products with full knowledge of the presence of PCBs and heavy metals in the Omega-3 – but did not warn consumers of the problem. The suit contends that the companies engaged in attempting to mislead consumers, violating laws that require full disclosure of all components of products sold to the public.
The Israeli lawsuit follows several in the U.S. on the same matter. The court said it would respond to the request within several weeks.