Tag: natural
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Ben & Jerry’s Agrees to Discontinue “All Natural” Claims; Litigation Ensues
Two days after the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) announced that Ben & Jerry’s had agreed to phase out claims that its ice creams and frozen yogurts were “All Natural,” when some product ingredients are processed, a putative class action was filed in a California federal court against the company seeking money…
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Log Cabin Agrees to Reformulate Syrup Product After Congressional Alert to FDA
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC has reportedly agreed to reformulate its Log Cabin Syrup® after Vermont Representative Peter Welsh (D) called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate the company for selling a product in apparent violation of agency regulations. Welsh’s September 8, 2010, letter noted that the company’s “All Natural Syrup” contains caramel color,…
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Snapple Seeks to Dismiss Remaining Individual Claims in HFCS Litigation
Snapple Beverage Corp. has requested that a federal district court dismiss the individual claims remaining in litigation alleging that the company misled consumers by labeling beverages containing high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) as “all natural.” Weiner v. Snapple Beverage Corp., No. 07-8742 (S.D.N.Y., motion filed September 17, 2010). In August 2010, the court issued an order…
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ABA-TIPS Teleconference to Examine Farmed Animal Rights, Consumer Labeling Issues
The American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section’s Animal Law Committee will convene a teleconference on September 28, 2010, to discuss farmed animal welfare and related labeling issues. Temple Grandin, a Colorado State University professor well-known for her work in animal science, will be among the panel of experts to discuss (i) “commercial…
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Federal Court Says Individual Issues Predominate in HFCS Litigation Against Snapple
A federal court in New York recently refused to certify a statewide class of consumers who allege that Snapple Beverage Corp. misled them by marketing its products as “all natural” when they actually contain high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Weiner v. Snapple Beverage Corp., No. 07-8742 (S.D.N.Y., order entered August 5, 2010). The court apparently determined…
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Sweetener’s Ad Claims Could Mislead, Says Advertising Review Board
The National Advertising Review Board (NARB) has reportedly recommended that Heartland Sweeteners cease advertising its Ideal® sweetener as “more than 99 percent natural,” after finding that the claim could be misleading to consumers. The board, an appellate arm of the advertising industry’s self-regulatory system, apparently agreed with the National Advertising Division of the Council for…
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CSPI Screams over Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has issued an August 12, 2010, statement and letter lambasting Ben & Jerry’s “All Natural” ice cream and frozen yogurt for allegedly containing “alkalized cocoa, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, or other ingredients that either don’t exist in nature or that have been chemically modified.”…
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Another Court Stays Litigation over Whether HFCS Is “Natural”
A U.S. magistrate judge in New Jersey has issued an order staying a case that alleges “natural” labeling for Snapple beverages is misleading because the product contains high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which plaintiffs contend is not an all-natural ingredient. Holk v. Snapple Beverage Corp., No. 07-3018 (D.N.J., order entered August 10, 2010). The parties drew the…