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  1. 2020

    美国强迫劳动进口罚款

    美国海关和边境保护局宣布对PureCircle一家子公司处以57.5万美元罚款，涉及与中国监狱劳工相关的进口粉状甜味剂。调查涉及保安沼加工的甜菊糖粉，此前非政府组织提出了指控。

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  2. 2020

    PureCircle起诉Almendra专利侵权

    提起诉讼

    PureCircle在美国佐治亚州北区联邦地区法院起诉Almendra Americas LLC和Almendra (Thailand) Company Limited，声称Almendra的“Steviarome”产品侵犯其专利。该起诉是PureCircle提出的主张；来源报道了这一指控，并未说明法院已就此作出裁定或对侵权问题作出任何认定。

    PureCircle在美国联邦法院起诉Almendra Americas LLC和Almendra (Thailand) Company Limited，声称Almendra的“Steviarome”产品侵犯其专利。来源报道的是该项主张，并未说明法院作出裁定。

    来源摘录

    • On Monday, April 6, 2020, Chicago-based PureCircle, the leading global innovator and supplier of stevia ingredients, including sweeteners and flavor enhancers, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against Almendra Americas LLC of Decatur, Georgia, and Almendra (Thailand) Company Limited of Bangkok, Thailand. PureCircle claims that Almendra's "Steviarome" products are infringing PureCircle's patent -- U.S. Patent No. 10,398,160, "Glucosylated steviol glycoside as a flavor modifier."
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  3. 2020

    PureCircle争议：美国海关与边境保护局就监狱劳工生产的进口产品向Pure Circle USA收取57.5万美元罚款

    罚款或处罚

    美国海关与边境保护局因Pure Circle USA进口以中国监狱劳工生产的甜味剂，向其收取57.5万美元罚款。PureCircle随后表示，公司坚持称其甜叶菊产品从未使用强迫劳动生产，并称其和解时未承认责任。

    品牌回应

    • 否认 — PureCircle

      PureCircle emailed a link to a formal statement in which the company maintained none of its stevia has ever been produced using forced labor.

    来源摘录

    • The investigation that followed found that Pure Circle U.S.A had “imported at least twenty shipments of stevia powder and derivatives produced from stevia leaves that were processed in China with prison labor,” CBP said yesterday.
    • U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) announced yesterday that it had collected a $575,000 fine from stevia producer Pure Circle USA, a division of PureCircle Limited, for importing sweetener that was made by prison labor in China.
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