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Hershey updated Reese's Pumpkins packaging after lawsuit was dismissed

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Hershey updated Reese's Pumpkins packaging after lawsuit was dismissed

The candy now carries a "Carving not on actual product" label after a $5 million deceptive marketing case was thrown out in September

Hershey updated the packaging on Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins to include a new disclaimer after a federal judge dismissed a $5 million lawsuit over the candy's marketing. A label on the front of the package now reads "Carving not on actual product," swapping out the previous wording that had described the jack-o'-lantern imagery on the packaging as a "Decorating Suggestion," according to NBC Philadelphia.

The new label sits below a photo of a Reese's pumpkin candy featuring a jack-o'-lantern face with........

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