Serving up legal insights on food and beverage labeling and nutritional content
Kao, et al. v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., No. 3:17-cv-2790 (N.D. Cal.): Putative class action alleging that Defendant misleadingly markets its Similac Advanced Non-GMO baby formula as containing no GMOs when independent testing indicated that the formula contained GMOs.
Stanton v. Sargento Foods Inc., No. 1:16-cv-04578 (N.D. Cal.): Putative class action asserting that Defendant…
Ma, et al. v. Harmless Harvest, Inc., No. 2:16-cv-07102 (E.D.N.Y.): The Court preliminary approved a settlement in this putative class action alleging that Defendant labeled its coconut water as “100% organic” and “USDA Organic” and “100% raw” even though it knew its products were not solely made from organic coconuts and were not “raw.”…
Erika McCartney v. Pacific West Ingredients LLC, et al., No. CGC-17-556912 (Cal. Super. Ct. – San Francisco Cnty.): Proposition 65 action alleging Defendants failed to warn consumers their Organic Merchants Co. brand cacao nibs contain cadmium.
Burton, et al. v. Inventure Foods, Inc., No. 3:17-cv-0134 (S.D. Ill.): Putative class action for violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, unjust enrichment, and breach of express warranty. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant misleadingly markets and sells its Boulder Canyon branded snack chips as containing “evaporated cane juice” on their ingredient lists, instead of sugar. Complaint attached.…
Preliminary Settlement Approved In Misleading Meat Substitute Suit
Birbrower v. Quorn Foods, Inc., No. 2:16-cv-1346 (C.D. Cal.): The Court preliminarily approved a settlement in this putative class action involving allegations that the packaging of Defendant’s meat-substitute products falsely represents that its main ingredient, mycoprotein, is the same or substantially similar to a mushroom, truffle, or morel, when in fact the products are actually made of mold.…
