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No Warning on Cereals
California’s Second Appellate District granted Post Foods’, General Mills’ and Kellogg’s request to vacate the L.A. Superior Court’s denial of summary judgment to the cereal giants, who say they should not have to post cancer warnings because cereals contain acrylamide, because to do so would preempt federal law and could mislead consumers into avoiding whole grains.
Read moreItching to Sue
A $5 million consumer class action claims that California Natural Living has sold millions of its “ineffective and worthless” Natural Bug Blend Bug Repellent with false claims that it repels mosquitoes, in L.A. Federal Court.
Read moreSnake Oil
CVS Pharmacy sells Algal-900 DHA dietary supplement with bogus claims that it is “clinically shown to improve memory” and reduce errors by “50 percent or more” in an “episodic memory test,” consumers say in a federal class action.
Read moreJudge: Roundup Products to Remain Warning Label-Free for Now
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected California’s last-ditch effort to force agricultural company Monsanto to place warning labels on its Roundup products.
Read moreSIM Card Features
Two phone companies, Wind Tre and Vodafone Italia, should not face fines in Italy over their failure to inform consumers that the SIM cards they were selling had been preloaded with voicemail and internet services, a magistrate with Europe’s highest court recommended Thursday.
Read moreJudge 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.
Read moreMaple, 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.
Read moreGM Foods
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.
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