Category: Issue 486
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OECD Issues Survey Summary on Regulatory Oversight of Nanotechnology in Foods
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a summary of survey results pertaining to the regulatory framework in 12 countries that provide oversight of nanotechnology in food and medical products. Conducted in 2011-2012, the survey addressed (i) “the regulatory frameworks being used to provide oversight for the use of nanotechnology in the relevant…
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APHA’s Annual Meeting to Include Sessions on Food Taxation, Labeling, Marketing, and Legal Strategies
The American Public Health Association’s 141st annual meeting and exposition is slated for November 2-6, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts. Expected to attract more than 13,000 physicians, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health specialists, and featuring a myriad of presentations, the meeting will include a session on “Regulating for the Public’s Health: Food and Beverages, Drugs, and Emerging…
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Texas Ice Cream Business Brings Trademark Infringement Case Against Amy’s Kitchen
Austin-based Amy’s Ice Creams has reportedly filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in a federal district court against Amy’s Kitchen, which makes frozen lunch and dinner entrées with organic and non-genetically modified ingredients. While the two companies have apparently co existed without difficulty for more than 20 years, Amy’s Ice Creams, now with 15 shops throughout…
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Celebrity UK Chef Sues Chipotle over Ramen-Noodle Chain-Restaurant Concept
Chef Kyle Connaughton, who has “been employed by some of the most prestigious restaurants in the world,” co-authored books and co presented on United Kingdom (U.K.) TV programs, has sued Chipotle Mexican Grill and its CEO, claiming that he was hired to developed a ramen-noodle fast-food restaurant concept that was doomed to fail because someone…
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California Plaintiff Has Standing to Sue over Green Tea Antioxidant Claims
A federal court in California has reportedly determined that a named plaintiff in a putative consumer-fraud class action may pursue claims pertaining to the defendant’s green tea products but not its black teas. Khasin v. R.C. Bigelow, Inc., No. 12-2204 (N.D. Cal., order entered May 31, 2013). The plaintiff apparently alleges that the defendant made misleading…
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Federal Court Retains Jurisdiction over “All-Natural” Claims Against Frito-Lay
A federal court in Arkansas has ruled that it has jurisdiction, pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court’s seminal standing decision under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, 133 S. Ct. 1345 (2013), to adjudicate the putative class claims filed by a woman who alleges that Frito-Lay deceives consumers by…
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Suit Filed in California over Hepatitis A Outbreak Linked to Frozen Organic Fruit
A California resident has filed a strict liability lawsuit against a food retailer and the Oregon-based company that produced a frozen organic fruit mix allegedly implicated in a widespread Hepatitis A outbreak. Brackenridge v. Townsend Farms Corp., No. BC510633 (Cal. Super. Ct., Los Angeles Cty., filed June 3, 2013). According to the complaint, Lynda Brackenridge…
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False “100% Natural” Labeling Suit Against General Mills Dismissed
A federal court in Minnesota has dismissed a putative class action alleging that General Mills misleads consumers by labeling its Nature Valley products as “Natural” or “100% Natural” when they actually contain highly processed ingredients such as high-fructose corn syrup, high-maltose dextrin syrup and maltodextrin. Chin v. General Mills, Inc., No. 12-2150 (D. Minn., decided…