Category: Issue 722
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Illinois Adds Sesame to Allergen-Labeling Regulations
Illinois has passed a law requiring businesses to indicate on food labels whether a product contains sesame. The amended law deems a food misbranded if “it contains sesame, is offered for sale in package form but not for immediate consumption, and the label does not include sesame.” The state representative who sponsored the legislation told…
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Europe, California to Ban Chlorpyrifos
California regulators have reportedly indicated that they will ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos following the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) refusal to ban the substance. “We have to step into the void and take action where the federal government has failed to do so,” the head of the state’s environmental agency reportedly told The Los Angeles Times.…
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UK Prohibits Cheese Ad for Harmful Gender Stereotypes
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint that a television advertisement “perpetuated a harmful stereotype by suggesting that men were incapable of caring for children and would place them at risk as a result of their incompetence.” The ad showed a father leaving a baby in a carrier on a conveyor belt…
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DOJ Announces Guilty Plea in Mislabeled Crabmeat Case
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that Phillip Carawan pleaded guilty to falsely labeling crabmeat worth $4 million as a product of the United States despite being imported. Carawan and his company apparently could not meet customer demand and imported foreign crabmeat to cover orders for U.S.-produced crabmeat. “Seafood mislabeling is consumer fraud…
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Minneapolis to Ban Drive-Thru Windows
The Minneapolis City Council has reportedly voted to ban the establishment of new drive-thru facilities within city limits. The ordinance does not affect existing restaurants, and businesses are permitted to alter or expand their drive-thrus. The law reportedly targets carbon emissions caused by idling cars.
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Honey Bunches of Oats Mislabeling Suit Dismissed
A Massachusetts federal court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Post Consumer Brands misleads consumers by implying that Honey Bunches of Oats is primarily sweetened with honey rather than sugar, brown sugar and corn syrup. Lima v. Post Consumer Brands LLC, No. 18-12100 (D. Mass., entered August 13, 2019). Post argued that “honey” describes “one…