Category: Issue 471
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Colorado Supreme Court Disqualifies Marler Clark from Foodborne Illness Suit
A divided Colorado Supreme Court has determined that a trial court did not abuse its discretion when it refused to grant the motion for pro hac vice admission filed by Seattle-based law firm Marler Clark to represent a plaintiff in a foodborne illness lawsuit. In re Liebnow v. Boston Enters. Inc., No. 12SA83 (Colo., decided…
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UK Agency Upholds Complaint Targeting Weetabix App
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint lodged by the Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) against Weetabix Ltd.’s product-branded app, concluding that the “WeetaKid” game, which prompted players to scan QR codes during game-play, “was persuasive and negative, and could lead children to understand that if they did not eat Weetabix they were…
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Horsemeat Investigation Spreads Across EU
Citing public concerns about the presence of horsemeat in beef products, European Union (EU) Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner Tonio Borg recently called an emergency meeting of agricultural ministers and urged member states to conduct random DNA testing on processed beef products for three months beginning March 1, 2013. The measure builds on an ongoing…
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FDA Meetings to Target Produce Safety Standards
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced two additional public meetings to discuss proposed rules to establish standards for the growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce for human consumption (the produce safety proposed rule), and for current good manufacturing practice and hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls for human food (the preventive controls…
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FDA Extends Comment Deadline for GE Salmon Assessments
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended until April 26, 2013, the comment period for two draft environmental assessments of the proposed conditions of use submitted by AquaBounty Technologies, Inc., in support of a new animal drug application concerning a genetically engineered (GE) Atlantic salmon and a preliminary finding of no significant impact for…
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FDA Consent Decree with Juice Company Requires Hiring of Labeling Expert
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently entered a consent decree with Puerto Rico-based Jonlly Fruits, Inc. requiring the company to hire independent experts in labeling, sanitation and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) before it can begin again to make and sell its fruit and juice products. United States v. Jonlly Fruits, Inc., No.…
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FTC Alters Four Loko Flavored Malt Beverage Labeling Requirements
Evidently in response to public comments, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has modified its agreement with Phusion Projects, LLC to require an alcohol facts panel on certain-sized cans of its Four Loko fruit-flavored malt beverage. In re Phusion Projects, LLC, No. C-4382 (FTC, order entered February 6, 2013). The agreement resolves charges that the company…