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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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Coca-Cola “Slightly Sweet” Case Dismissed

Posted on August 19, 2021
  • On July 12, the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Coca-Cola and their Gold Peak iced tea. The plaintiff had alleged violations of various

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Lawsuit Targets Dreyer’s “Chocolate” Ice Cream Bars

Posted on July 21, 2021
  • On July 18, a proposed class action lawsuit (Subscription to Law360 required) was filed against Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc., the makers of Haagen-Dazs vanilla milk chocolate almond ice cream

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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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Blue Bell Fined Record $17.25 Million in Post-Conviction Criminal Penalties for Listeria Outbreak

Posted on September 18, 2020
  • As previously reported on this blog, a multi-state listeriosis outbreak in 2015 linked to Blue Bell Creameries LP’s ice cream products contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes led to recalls, state

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