- 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
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EU Tightens Checks on Vanilla Extract from US
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- As part of legislation updates to the rate of official controls and emergency measures for food of non-animal origin imported into Europe, the European Commission (EC) has added controls for
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
Vanilla Lawsuit Against Trader Joe’s Dismissed
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- On June 14, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed without prejudice (subscription to Law360 required) the first amended complaint in a consumer class action
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Class Actions Continue to Target Butter & Vanilla
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Two recently-filed class actions target Pepperidge Farm butter-flavored crackers and Nestlé vanilla-flavored coffee creamer:
- Pepperidge Farm Butter Crackers (Law360 subscription required): A class of consumers filed suit against Pepperidge Farm,
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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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Starbucks Frappuccino Is Latest Target of Deceptive Vanilla Labeling Lawsuit (Law360 Subscription Required)
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- 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
Wave of Class Action Lawsuits Alleging Deceptive Labeling of ‘Vanilla’ Products May be Coming to an End
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- As of a January 19, 2021 order dismissing false advertising claims against Topco Associates LLC’s ‘Vanilla Almond Milk’ (subscription to Law360 required), district court judges in the Southern District of
California Federal Judge Rules that Westbrae Natural’s Label Does Not Imply Vanilla Soymilk’s Flavoring Derives Solely from Vanilla Bean (Law360 Required)
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- On December 1, 2020, the United States District Court Northern District of California granted Westbrae Natural, Inc.’s (“Defendant”) motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s lawsuit. In the complaint, the plaintiff alleged