Category: Issue 595
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Labeling Claims Dismissed in Taco Shell Trans Fat Suit
A California federal court has dismissed portions of a lawsuit alleging that B&G Foods mislabeled its taco shells as containing “0g Trans Fat” despite the product’s use of partially hydrogenated oil as an ingredient. Walker v. B&G Foods, No. 15-3772 (N.D. Cal., order entered February 8, 2016). Five of the plaintiff’s seven claims involved alleged…