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$15 Million Settlement in Post Cereal Lawsuit

Posted on March 1, 2021

Post Sugary Cereal Buyers Get Ok on $15M False Ad Deal (subscription to Law360 required)

  • On February 24, 2021, a California federal judge tentatively approved a settlement over nutrition-related claims

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Company Settles Case on Baking Process Claims

Posted on February 25, 2021
  • On February 16, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division granted final approval of a class action settlement, incentive reward, and attorneys’ fees and

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Court Agrees to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Hostess’ Carrot-less Carrot Cake Donut (Subscription to Law360 Required)

Posted on February 24, 2021
  • On February 19, a California federal judge agreed to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit that alleged Hostess Brands Inc. misled consumers into believing its carrot cake mini doughnuts contained

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Wave of New Class-Action Lawsuits Against Baby Food Manufacturers

Posted on February 23, 2021
  • We have previously blogged about the fallout from a Congressional report on the level of heavy metals in baby foods, including class-action lawsuits against Gerber Products Co. and Plum, PBC

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Starbucks Frappuccino Is Latest Target of Deceptive Vanilla Labeling Lawsuit (Law360 Subscription Required)

Posted on February 10, 2021
  • On February 5, Starbucks became the most recent food producer to be sued for deceptive and misleading labeling on its vanilla Frappuccino. Glen Skalubinski filed a proposed class action

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Gerber and Plum Hit with Consumer Class-Action Lawsuits in Wake of Congressional Report on Heavy Metals in Baby Food

Posted on February 9, 2021
  • As some of our readers may know, the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy released a report on February 4th 2021 which reported on the

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Sargento Foods Faces Two Labeling Suits Regarding “No Antibiotics” Claims on Cheeses

Posted on February 5, 2021
  • Two lawsuits filed against Sargento Foods in December 2020 (Phan v. Sargento Foods Inc., No. 5:20-cv-09251 (N.D. Ca.)) and January 2021 (Beyond Pesticides v. Sargento Foods,

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Class Action Alleges Food Produced in New York Misleadingly Suggests Icelandic Origin

Posted on February 4, 2021
  • On January 23, 2021, plaintiffs filed a putative class action complaint in the United States District Court Southern District of New York against Icelandic Provisions, Inc. (“Company”), which sells Skyr,

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Snapple Urges Court to Dismiss “Sorta Sweet” Lawsuit

Posted on February 3, 2021
  • In a January 14 motion, Snapple Beverage Corp. asked a California federal court to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the “Sorta Sweet” label on its Straight

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Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Pet Food Company Involved in Ongoing Recall

Posted on February 1, 2021
  •  We previously discussed a December 30, 2020 alert from FDA regarding recalls by Midwestern Pet Food, Inc. of nine total lots of Sportmix pet food products following reports of death

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