27 Dec, 2024 Is Your Food Product ‘Healthy’ Under the FDA’s Revised Definition? By Kate Patton Terri Seligman The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has issued a final rule to update the “healthy” claim that marketers can use on...
31 Aug, 2024 USDA Releases New Guidance on Animal-Raising and Environmental Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it just released updated guidance on making animal-raising and environmental...
14 Aug, 2024 Can You Show Birds Roaming Free When They're Only Raised Indoors? By Jeff Greenbaum Perdue markets “Fresh Line” chicken and turkey products. Although these chickens and turkeys were apparently raised indoors, the product...
19 Mar, 2024 Does Anyone Care That "The Original Olympia Beer" Isn't Made Near Olympia? By Jeff Greenbaum Olympia Beer was originally brewed in Tumwater, Washington -- which borders Olympia, Washington. In 1999, Pabst Brewing Company acquired...
30 Jan, 2024 Is "Earth Friendly" a Claim or Non-Actionable Puffery? By Jeff Greenbaum Rust-Oleum sells a line of Krud Kutter cleaning products, which the company promotes as “non-toxic” and “earth friendly.” A consumer...
08 Sep, 2023 Suit Over “Protein-Packed” Label Proceeds Against Chip Maker By Ariel Radow “Protein-packed” chips: are they actually a good source of protein, or misleading? A California judge allowed claims to proceed against...
04 May, 2023 Does "Just Fruit" Mean That the Product Only Contains Crushed-Up Fruit? By Jeff Greenbaum Supermarket chain Kroger sells a spreadable fruit product called, "Just Fruit." The front of the label describes the product as...
27 Apr, 2023 Consumers Lose Their Shot at Winning "Margarita" Labeling Suit By Ariel Radow Would a reasonable consumer think “margarita” labeled hard seltzers contained tequila? A New York federal judge didn’t think so, tossing...
03 Apr, 2023 Michigan AG Takes Issue With Kroger's "Farm Fresh" Claims, But Should She Have? By Jeff Greenbaum The Michigan Attorney General's office recently wrote to Kroger, the supermarket chain, expressing concerns that "Kroger shoppers are...
30 Mar, 2023 “No Preservatives” Deceptive Labeling Suit Set to Proceed Against Toast-Maker By Ariel Radow Bready or not, here they crumb! A New York federal judge said that plaintiffs can continue their proposed class action against T....
23 Mar, 2023 Suit Over Gut-Health Label Claims Proceeds Against Juice Maker By Ariel Radow NextFoods Inc. failed to get the claims dismissed that its GoodBelly Probiotic JuiceDrinks product labeling misleads consumers into...
16 Mar, 2023 Oreo Wins Suit Over Fudge-Covered Cookie Ingredients By Ariel Radow Last week, a New York judge permanently tossed a false advertising lawsuit against Oreo-maker Mondelez Global, LLC over its Fudge Covered...
16 Feb, 2023 Court Dismisses Class Action Over Fanta’s “100% Natural” Labeling By Ariel Radow Don’t you wanna, wanna another false advertising suit involving a “100% natural” claim? Last week, a New York federal court dismissed a...
30 Jan, 2023 Whiskey or Whiskey-Flavored? Consumers are Fired Up About “Fireball Cinnamon” Label By Ariel Radow A class action lawsuit has been filed against Sazerac Company, the maker of Fireball Whiskey, for allegedly misleading consumers into...
06 Jan, 2023 Target’s “Natural Flavor” Fruit Punch Product Not Deceptive, Court Says By Ariel Radow Should a reasonable consumer believe that a “natural flavor”-labeled fruit punch water enhancer is free from artificial flavors? Not...
02 Dec, 2022 Mozzarella Sticks Suit Proceeds Against Manufacturer, but not TGI Friday’s By Ariel Radow Earlier this week, an Illinois federal judge allowed a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer of “TGI Friday’s Mozzarella Stick...