Category: Issue 412
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Manufacturer Recalls 400 Tons of Soy Flour over Salmonella Concerns
Thumb Oilseed Producers’ Cooperative has reportedly recalled nearly 400 tons of soybean flour and soy meal used in human food and animal feed due to possible Salmonella contamination. According to a press release posted on the Food and Drug Administration’s website, “[t]he recalled soybean flour and meal was distributed to a limited group of wholesale customers”…
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“Pinkwashing” on Advocacy Organization’s Agenda
According to a Citizens for Health alert, certain food companies are engaging in what the advocacy organization characterizes as “pinkwashing,” that is, supporting breast cancer action and initiatives while making and selling products purportedly posing cancer risks. The alert is based on an article recently appearing in Marie Claire. Titled “The Big Business of Breast…
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Center for Food Safety Petitions FDA for GE Food Labels
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) has filed a legal petition on behalf of the “Just Label It” campaign with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), “demanding that the agency require the labeling of all food produced using genetic engineering [GE].” Representing health-care, consumer, agricultural, and environmental organizations, the campaign has urged the public to…
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ELF Sues Food and Beverage Companies for Lead in Products for Babies
An environmental and public-health advocacy organization has filed a Proposition 65 lawsuit against numerous food and beverage producers in a California state court, alleging failure to warn the public that their baby and toddler foods and fruit juices contain lead, a chemical known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity or cancer. Envtl. Law Found.…
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Insurer Seeks Declaration in Coverage Dispute over Diacetyl Litigation
Arch Specialty Insurance Co. has filed a declaratory judgment action in a New York state court against a company identified as a distributor of food product ingredients, including the butter-flavoring chemical diacetyl. Arch Specialty Ins. Co. v. Citrus & Allied Essences, Ltd., No. 652670/2011 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. County, filed September 29, 2011). The insurance…
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Nicaraguan DBCP Exposure Claims Settled by Dole
Dole Food Co. has reportedly signed a definitive settlement agreement that could conclude five U.S. lawsuits and 33 lawsuits filed in Nicaragua by banana plantation workers purportedly exposed to the agricultural chemical DBCP (1,2-Dibromo3-chloropropane). At stake are potential alleged damages in excess of $9 billion. According to Dole’s October 3, 2011, news release, the company…
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Artist Claims “Beautiful Blonde” Ale Maker Infringed Her Copyright
A woman who allegedly created a design for Knee Deep Brewing Co. to use on its beer tap handles has sued the company for breach of contract and copyright infringement after they could not apparently come to terms over a price for her design and the company began using a similar design on its product…
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Greek Yogurt Company Challenges Denial of Trademark Registration
Fage Dairy Processing Industry, S.A. has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s refusal to register the yogurt maker’s “Fage Total” trademark and a declaration that its use of the mark does not infringe any claimed right of General Mills, which makes Total® breakfast cereals. Fage Dairy Processing Indus., S.A. v.…