Category: Issue 579
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School Meals Allegedly Linked to Chronic BPA Exposure
School meals may contain enough bisphenol A (BPA) to exceed low-dose toxicity thresholds, according to Stanford and Johns Hopkins researchers. Jennifer Hartle, et al., “Probabilistic modeling of school meals for potential bisphenol A (BPA) exposure,” Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, September 2015. Using federal school nutrition guidelines as well as information obtained from…
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NYC Food Policy Center to Target Industry Messaging in Breakfast Seminar
The New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College has organized an October 7, 2015, program featuring Jim Kreiger, executive director of Seattle’s Action for Healthy Food, and Marlene Schwartz, director of the University of Connecticut’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, in a conversation about ways to challenge the “harmful effects of…
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Former NYC Health Commissioner Pens Viewpoint on Media’s Role in Altering Consumer Behaviors
Former New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Farley, who now leads The Public Good Projects, has authored a viewpoint in JAMA Internal Medicine that encourages the use of mass media advertising to promote healthy behaviors. Titled “Mass Diseases, Mass Exposures, and Mass Media,” the article highlights the success of mass media campaigns aimed at smoking…
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Whole Foods Targeted by PETA, Consumer Class Action for Humane Meat “Sham”
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc. (PETA) has filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods Market claiming the grocery chain’s “5-Step® Animal Welfare Rating System” is a “sham” because Whole Foods fails to enforce the program against its chicken, turkey, pork and beef suppliers. PETA v. Whole Foods Mkt., Inc., No. 15-4301 (N.D. Cal.,…
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Alcohol Company Challenges Malibu Rum Version of “Dark ‘N Stormy”
Gosling Brothers Ltd. has filed a complaint against Pernod Ricard USA, maker of Malibu Island Spiced Rum®, alleging that a recipe on the Malibu website violates Gosling’s “Dark ‘N Stormy” trademarks. Gosling Bros. Ltd. v. Pernod Ricard USA, No. 15-13360 (D. Mass., filed September 15, 2015). Gosling holds five trademarks for “Dark ‘N Stormy” in…
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Appellate Court Orders Chile to Release Data About Antibiotic Use in Salmon
A Chilean appellate court has ruled that the nation’s National Fisheries and Agricultural Services must issue its data about antibiotics in Chilean salmon, which revealed that 50 salmon firms jointly used 450.7 metric tons of antibiotics in 2013. Chile’s Council for Transparency previously refused to release the information to conservation organization Oceana, arguing that the…
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Lindt Prevails over Haribo in Gold Bear Battle
Germany’s highest court has ruled that Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli did not violate German confectioner Haribo’s trademark “Gold Bear” when it began selling a chocolate bear wrapped in gold foil in 2011. Haribo has produced Gold-Bear® gummy bears for several decades, which are sold in gold packages featuring a yellow bear wearing a red…
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Class Action Stayed and Prop. 65 Action Settled in Pepsi 4-MEI Disputes
A California state court has approved the settlement agreement in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) alleging that PepsiCo Inc. products contain levels of 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) that exceed the limits imposed by the state’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Prop. 65). Ctr. for Envtl. Health v. Pepsi…