CLASS ACTION

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 4^th 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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Flavor Litigation Update: Smoked Cheese

Posted on January 29, 2021

A proposed class of consumers filed a complaint (Law360 subscription required) against the grocery chain Aldi Inc. on January 26, 2021 in the Eastern District of New York alleging that

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Plaintiff to Voluntarily Dismiss False Advertisement Lawsuit Against Frito Lays (Law360 Subscription Required)

Posted on January 26, 2021

Plaintiff, on behalf of a proposed class of buyers, and Defendant Frito Lays Inc., have asked a California District Court to voluntarily dismiss a false advertisement lawsuit that was filed

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Wave of Class Action Lawsuits Alleging Deceptive Labeling of ‘Vanilla’ Products May be Coming to an End

Posted on January 25, 2021

As of a January 19, 2021 order dismissing false advertising claims against Topco Associates LLC’s ‘Vanilla Almond Milk’ (subscription to Law360 required), district court judges in the Southern District of

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