Tag: oil
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Petitioners Question Brominated Vegetable Oil in Gatorade
A Change.org petition started by a high school student urges PepsiCo Americas Beverages and Gatorade Canada to remove brominated vegetable oil (BVO) from their products, citing a December 12, 2012, Scientific American article allegedly linking the stabilizer to “impaired neurological development, reduced fertility, early onset of puberty and altered thyroid hormones.” Garnering more than 180,000…
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JPML Consolidates Wesson Oil Actions Before Multidistrict Litigation Court
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has consolidated six actions questioning the “100% Natural” claims for Wesson oil products before a multidistrict litigation (MDL) court in California. In re: Wesson Oil Mktg. & Sales Practices Litig., MDL No. 2291 (JPML, transfer order filed October 13, 2011). The defendant requested the transfer, and while…
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Anti-Tobacco Law Professor Predicts Opening of Food Litigation Floodgates
George Washington University Law School Professor John Banzhaf, who teaches “public interest” law, has issued a press release discussing recent class action claims against ConAgra over its “All Natural” cooking oil representations. According to Banzhaf, such litigation could be in the vanguard of many similar lawsuits against food companies that would be targeted by “both…
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Recently Filed Lawsuits: Death in a Chocolate Factory, Demand for Documents in NYC “Man Drinking Fat” Ads, New Claims That Wesson Oil Is Not “100% Natural”
The parents of a 29-year-old who died after he fell into a vat of chocolate have filed a wrongful death action in a Pennsylvania state court against the company that owned the plant where he worked and a number of other defendants involved in manufacturing the allegedly faulty equipment that purportedly led to the accident.…
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Meeting Slated for Codex Committee on Fats and Oils
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration and the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety have announced a February 9, 2011, public meeting in College Park, Maryland, to provide information and receive public comments on draft U.S. positions to be discussed at the 22nd session of the Codex Committee on…