Judge Hangs Poland Spring Class Action Out to Dry
Consumers must amend a massive fraud class action that accuses Poland Spring of mislabeling its bottled water, a federal judge ruled.
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Maple, Honey Producers Not Sweet on Added Sugars Label
Producers of pure maple syrup and honey aren’t sweet on a plan to label their pure natural products as containing added sugars.
Read moreMonsanto Labeling Suit Advances in Washington
Explaining why he advanced a labeling challenge to the weedkiller Roundup, a federal judge said Monday that there is enough evidence at this stage to support the claim that Monsanto misleads consumers.
Read moreGerman Government to Consider Label for Cleaner Diesel Cars
The next German government will consider a proposal to identify diesel vehicles with low emissions using a visible label soon after it takes office.
Read moreJudge: Monsanto Not Required to Place Warning Labels on Products
A federal judge on Monday halted California’s plan to require Monsanto to place warning labels on its Roundup products, saying scientists haven’t shown a clear connection between glyphosate and cancer.
Read moreScotch Whisky Association Stumbles in Grapple Over ‘Glen’
The Scotch Whisky Association has a steep climb to show that the German whisky maker Glen Buchenbach is trying to pass itself off as a drink from the highlands, an EU magistrate said Thursday.
Read moreEU Primed to Nix Dyson’s Vacuum-Cleaner Challenge
A magistrate with Europe’s highest court recommended defeat Thursday for Dyson, which brought a challenge in Belgium to how one vacuum-cleaner competitor discloses energy efficiency to customers.
Read moreNinth Circuit to Rehear Fight Over Soda Ad Warning Labels
The Ninth Circuit will rehear en banc whether San Francisco can force soda companies to attach black-box warning labels to certain ads, according to an order issued by the court’s chief judge on Monday.
Read moreBrand-Name Drugmakers Liable for Poor Labels on Generics in California
Brand-name pharmaceutical companies are on the hook for harm caused by defective labels on generic versions of their drugs, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday, affirming a court of appeal.
Read moreClaims of Healthier Vodka Spur Regulatory Challenge
Two companies behind a vodka product engineered to reduce health risks brought a federal complaint Monday against naysayers in the U.S. government.
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The Center for Food Safety dropped its federal lawsuit against the secretary of agriculture after the USDA released a study on the effectiveness of mandating electronic disclosures for genetically modified foods and promised to seek public comments on the study.
Read moreLong Island Firm Accused of Hiding Supplement Ingredients
The federal government claims in court that a Long Island company and its owner made and distributed adulterated dietary supplements that were mislabeled, in violation of federal law.
Read moreHealth Groups Can’t Intervene in Fight Over Tobacco Warning Labels
A federal judge ruled Monday that a group of health organizations cannot intervene in a lawsuit filed by tobacco companies against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over a rule expanding warning requirements to cigars and pipe tobacco.
Read moreCourt Approves Tobacco Firms’ ‘Corrective Statements’ on Smoking Risks
Major U.S. cigarette companies will start publishing a series of statements late next month that frankly describe the dangers of smoking.
Read moreGinger Snapped
A federal class action claims that Dr Pepper Snapple Group’s Canada Dry Ginger Ale does not contain “real ginger,” as advertised.
Read moreThread-Count Tricks
T.J. Maxx consumers claim in a federal class action that they paid a premium for linens whose thread counts were roughly triple inflated based on the counting of the plies making up the threads rather than the threads themselves.
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The Ranchers-Cattlemen Legal Action Fund and others brought a federal complaint against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for revoking regulations that require beef and pork products be labeled with their country of origin.
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