T.W. Garner Food Co. is now free from a year-long lawsuit regarding its Texas Pete hot sauce. California resident Phillip White moved to have the case over Texas Pete's alleged deceptive origin dismissed on Sept. 28.

Last year, on Sept. 12, White filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Garner.

White alleged he thought that the hot sauce was made in Texas, as the state is in its trademark name. However, it’s made in North Carolina, which he believed was deceptive. He said that had he known, he would’ve paid less for a hot sauce concocted in N.C. White bought the Texas Pete hot sauce for $3.

Throughout the lawsuit, the 100-year-old family-run business has continued to deny White’s claims.

“We at TW Garner Food Co. are delighted with this result,” said T.W. Garner Food Co. President and CEO Ann Garner Riddle. “Since the lawsuit was filed, we have remained steadfast in our position that our product labels and trademark are truthful and not misleading in any respect, and that the lawsuit had no merit.”

Garner disputed White’s allegation with a simple turn of the hot sauce bottle. On the back of the Texas Pete bottle, it reads that it was made in North Carolina. Now that Garner agreed to a dismissal of the lawsuit, it has been concluded in entirety.