Tubs of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The Magnum Ice Cream Company has concluded that the chair of its Ben & Jerry’s independent board “no longer meets the criteria” to serve after internal investigations, according to a securities filing late on Tuesday, the latest twist in an internal feud.

The spat between Magnum and the Vermont-based Ben & Jerry’s brand is heating up as consumer goods conglomerate Unilever prepares for the spinoff of the Magnum ice cream division in early December, which has been delayed by a month due to the U.S. government shutdown.

Until the spin-off, Ben & Jerry’s and Magnum are both ultimately owned by Unilever.

Magnum said in a filing that after commissioning investigations by external advisers, it found that the current

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