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- Year in Review 2019
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“Lightly Sweetened” Iced Tea Misleads, Consumer Argues
A consumer has filed a putative class action alleging Tipp Distributors Inc. mislabels its Steaz iced tea as “lightly sweetened” despite containing “objectively high amounts of sugar, as added sugar.” Taylor v. Tipp Distrib. Inc., No. 20-0712 (E.D.N.Y., filed February 9, 2020). Consumers paid a premium for Steaz believing it to contain less sugar than…
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Putative Class Action Alleges Gummies Contain Synthetic Ingredients
Hornell Brewing Co. Inc. and its subsidiary Arizona Beverage Co. allegedly misrepresent their fruit snacks product as all natural despite containing citric acid, gelatin, ascorbic acid, dextrose, glucose syrup and modified food starch, a consumer alleges. Silva v. Hornell Brewing Co. Inc., No. 20-0756 (E.D.N.Y., filed February 11, 2020). The plaintiff argues that these ingredients…
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Kansas City Star Digs Into Fraudulent Organics Purveyor
The Kansas City Star has detailed the story of Randy Constant, a Chillicothe, Missouri, man who fraudulently sold millions of dollars’ worth of “organic” grains—as much as 7% of all the corn and 8% of all the soybeans sold nationally as organic in 2016. Federal investigators began looking into Constant when a competitor tipped off…
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France to Ban Mass Culling of Male Chicks
France’s agriculture minister has reportedly announced that the country will prohibit the mass culling of male chicks shortly after they hatch and ban the castration of piglets without anesthesia in an effort to support animal welfare. The minister indicated his intention to have the regulations take effect by the end of 2021. Germany previously banned…
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Portman Group Upholds Wine Complaint
The Portman Group, the U.K. alcohol industry’s self-regulatory authority, has upheld a complaint against Trinchero Family Estates for its Ménage à Trois Midnight wine. Zenith Global brought a complaint arguing that the wine’s name and marketing copy may breach the code by creating links between the product and sexual activity or sexual success. The panel…
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Study Criticizes Marketing for “Toddler Milks”
A Public Health Nutrition study has purportedly found that “toddler milks,” or “sugar-sweetened milk-based drinks for toddlers,” are a growing market but are advertised as providing unsubstantiated benefits. Choi et al., “US toddler milk sales and associations with marketing practices,” Public Health Nutrition, February 4, 2020. The researchers reportedly found that 45% of preschoolers (24…
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“Grains of Paradise” Lawsuit Dismissed
A Florida federal court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Bacardi U.S.A.’s Bombay Sapphire contains a botanical classified as an adulterant in the state. Marrache v. Bacardi U.S.A., No. 19-23856 (S.D. Fla., entered January 28, 2020). “Numerous class actions have greatly benefited society, such as Brown v. Board of Education, In re Exxon Valdez, and…
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FTC Closes Instant Coffee Pyramid Scheme
An Arizona federal court has granted the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) request to temporarily shut down “Success By Health,” an alleged pyramid scheme premised on the sale of instant coffee. The coffee, “MycoCafe,” is touted as containing health benefits from mushrooms. “However, the FTC alleges that selling the product to coffee drinkers took a…
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