Kellogg Says ‘Veggie’ Means ‘No Meat,’ Not ‘Vegetables’ (Law360 Subscription Required)
- The judge in a proposed class action lawsuit before the Northern District of California dismissed the plaintiff’s initial complaint
LABELING
Sugar Association Files Supplemental Petition Urging Regulatory Changes for Artificially Sweetened Foods
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- This week the Sugar Association submitted a Supplemental petition (“Supplement”) to FDA to further support the Association’s June 2020 petition Misleading Labeling Sweeteners and Request for Enforcement Action (“Petition”).
NY Judge Denies Dismissal of “Free-Range” Egg Suit
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- A federal judge in New York denied a motion to dismiss a proposed class action complaint which alleged that the producer of Nellie’s Free Range Eggs, Pete and Gerry’s Organics
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Lawsuit Filed Over Misleadingly Labeled “Brown Bread”
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- On February 26, an Illinois resident, Rabia Hamidani, filed a proposed class action complaint against Bimbo Bakehouse LLC alleging the bakery manufacturer of selling misleadingly labeled Cheesecake Factory-branded bread (subscription
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USDA Request to Affirm Hydroponics Organic Labeling
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USDA Asks 9th Circ. To Affirm ‘Organic’ Hydroponics Label – [ 1465000-1465037-https-ecf-ca9-uscourts-gov-n-beam-servlet-transportroom-servlet-showdoc-009033262160.pdf]
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has asked the Ninth Circuit to uphold a California federal judge’s
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Comment Period Extended for Labeling Cell-Cultured Products
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- Our readers will recall a 2019 agreement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on joint oversight
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Haagen-Dazs Moves to Dismiss Labeling Suit
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- As previously reported, on July 18, 2021 a proposed class action lawsuit was filed against Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc. (“Dreyer’s”), the makers of Haagen-Dazs vanilla milk chocolate almond
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Chobani Defends Yogurt Claims as “Literally True”
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- On October 1, Chobani asked an Illinois federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit that accused the company of falsely claiming that its Complete Greek Yogurt provides “complete
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FSIS Updates Multi-Component Kit Guideline
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- As our readers may recall, in July of 2019, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a notice of availability and a request for comment on a
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ANPR on Labeling Cell-Cultured Products Published
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- On September 3, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published an advanced notice of public rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit comments and information regarding
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