- The Consumer Federation of America (CFA), a non-profit consumer advocate organization, submitted a petition to FDA on November 8, 2023, requesting that the agency amend the flavoring regulation at 21
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Insufficiently Specific Pleadings Doom “Naturally Flavored” Lawsuit
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- On March 10, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed (Law360 subscription required) an amended complaint which alleged that Wegmans’s vanilla cake mix product
Pair of Lawsuits Target Mint Flavored Products
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- Spencer Sheehan, a well-known class-action attorney, has filed a pair of class-action lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging that mint flavored products which
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Deceptive Advertising Lawsuit Targets Use of Malic Acid
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- On September 4, 2022, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Conagra for allegedly deceptively advertising its “Chile Lemon Flavor Sunflower Seeds” by failing disclose that the product was artificially flavored
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Lawsuit Challenges Flavor Labeling in Product with Malic Acid
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- On March 14, 2022, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Publix Super Markets, Inc. for allegedly improperly and deceptively labeling their “strawberry watermelon water enhancers” (the “product”) as flavored with
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CA Judge Denied Vanilla Ice Cream Class Certification
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- On October 27, a California federal judge denied certification to a proposed class of consumers who were allegedly misled by Unilever’s marketing of Breyers’ Natural Vanilla ice cream (subscription to
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Another Vanilla Lawsuit Dismissed
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Aldi Freed From False-Ad Claims Over ‘Vanilla’ Almond Milk (subscription to Law360 required)
- On September 21, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed with
Flavoring Lawsuit Targets “Hint of Lime” Tostitos
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- On May 11, 2021, a proposed class action lawsuit was filed against Frito-Lay, alleging that its “Hint of Lime” Tostitos were misleadingly labeled because they contain only “Natural Flavors” and
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Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Whole Foods Sparkling Water Deceptively Labeled
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- On April 11, 2021, a proposed class action lawsuit (Subscription to Law360 required) was filed against Whole Foods in the Southern District of New York alleging that the labeling of
Vanilla Flavoring Class Action Lawsuit Against McDonald’s Dismissed
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- On March 24, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed (subscription to Law360 required) a consumer class action lawsuit against McDonald’s which had alleged various
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