- On March 10, Hershey Company filed a motion to dismiss a consumer class action suit which claimed that its chocolate contained toxic substances. Hershey maintains that it “never promised, in
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Proposed Class Action Suit Against PepsiCo Regarding “No Preservatives” Label on Sparkling Juice Products
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Pepsi Falsely Touts ‘No Preservatives’ In Izze Drinks, Suit Says (Subscription to Law360 required)
- On December 1, PepsiCo and the equity firm behind Tropicana, PAI Partners, Inc., were named defendants
Kroger “Naturally Flavored” Sparkling Water Federal Class Action Lawsuit Filed
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Kroger Hit With False Ad Suit Over ‘Naturally Flavored’ Water (Law360 Subscription Required)
- On November 28, a putative class action suit filed in Ohio federal court alleges that The Kroger
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Nutrition Company’s “Milk-Based” Formula False Advertising Suit Dismissed
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- On October 22, a California federal judge found that a proposed consumer class failed to show that calling a product “milk-based” is deceptive when milk is one, but not the
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USDA Focused on Accurate “Made in the USA” Beef Labeling
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- In response to industry concerns for mislabeled beef products, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilack recently said that the “Product of the USA” label on meat products should undergo a full-scale
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Another Chocolate False Ad Lawsuit Dismissed
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- On August 30, U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman dismissed a consumer class action lawsuit against Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc., the makers of Haagen-Dazs vanilla milk chocolate almond ice cream
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Food Safety and Standards Authority of India Publishes New Regulations for Vegan Foods
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- On June 10, 2022, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued a notification regarding the definition and regulation of vegan foods. Most notably, a food product cannot
Cattle Industry Urges Health Canada to Reconsider Front-of-Package Proposed Rule
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- As previously reported on this blog, Health Canada published proposed Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Food and Drugs Act (Nutrition Symbols, Other Labelling Provisions, Partially Hydrogenated Oils
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Federal Judge Blocks Louisiana Labeling Law
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- At the end of March, U.S. federal Judge Brian A. Jackson issued a decision in Turtle Island Foods v. Strain, which blocked a Louisiana labeling law for violation of
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FDA Seeks OMB Approval of Consumer Research Plans for “Healthy” Symbol
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- We reported on FDA’s May 7, 2021 announcement of plans to conduct quantitative research studies to explore consumer responses to draft Front of Pack (FOP) symbols that manufacturers could voluntarily
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