Federal Judge Denies Class Certification In Dollar Tree Lead-Tainted Snack Row

( October 2, 2026, 2:32 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — In a lengthy docket order, a New York federal judge denied class certification in a suit alleging that Dollar Tree Stores Inc. sold lead-contaminated fruit pouches, adopting a magistrate judge’s findings that individualized questions about each child’s exposure, injuries and medical history prevented class treatment and that the plaintiffs had not established standing or a workable framework for a medical-monitoring class....