A federal judge has freed The J.M. Smucker Co. from facing a class action filed by consumers who challenged the truthfulness of the company’s label claims that certain products were healthy.

Chief U.S. District Judge George King of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on April 15 denied class certification to the plaintiffs, who initially sued Smucker in 2012.

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