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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Massachusetts Animal Welfare Law

Posted on October 17, 2025
  • The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has upheld the legality of Massachusetts’ Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act (“Question 3“) after pork industry members failed
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Splenda is Again the Subject of Legal News

Posted on August 21, 2023
  • As our readers may recall, a defamation lawsuit was filed on August 8, 2023 by TC Heartland
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Defamation Lawsuit Filed Against Researcher Over Comments About Splenda

Posted on August 14, 2023
  • Sucralose is approved by FDA for use in food as a sweetener.  A May 29, 2023 published research paper,
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Proposed Class Action Dismissed Over Lack of Standing

Posted on July 31, 2023
  • A proposed class action filed last year in the Southern District of Florida alleges that Kraft Heinz
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No Rehearing Granted on California’s In-State Foie Gras Sales Ban

Posted on July 11, 2022

 9th Circ. Won’t Rethink Calif.’s In-State Foie Gras Sales Ban (Law360 Subscription Required)

  • As we reported earlier this year, plaintiffs who oppose a 2004 California law, which prohibits the force-feeding

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Continuing Litigation of California’s Foie Gras Ban

Posted on May 9, 2022

 9th Circ. Backs Calif.’s In-State Foie Gras Sales Ban (Law360 Subscription Required)

  • As we reported in 2017, the Ninth Circuit upheld a 2004 California law that prohibits force feeding a

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Lawsuit Filed Over Misleadingly Labeled “Brown Bread”

Posted on March 2, 2022
  • 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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Hard Seltzer Co. Sued for Overstating Health Benefits

Posted on October 27, 2021
  • A proposed federal class action filed on October 24 alleges that Fermented Sciences Inc., which sells Flying Embers brand beverages, misled consumers into thinking its alcoholic kombucha and seltzer drinks

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Proposed Settlement in ‘Belgium 1926’ Class Action

Posted on October 18, 2021

Godiva Inks $20M Deal To Settle ‘Belgium 1926’ Label Suit (subscription to Law360 required)

  • As previously covered on this blog, a class action lawsuit against Godiva Chocolatier alleges that

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DC Court Revives Animal Welfare “Natural” Lawsuit

Posted on September 15, 2021
  • The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has revived a case filed in 2016 by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) accusing Hormel Foods of falsely advertising lunch meats and

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