Tag: vinegar
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Salt-and-Vinegar Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss
A California court has denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging the label of Frito-Lay North America Inc.’s Lay’s salt-and-vinegar-flavored potato chips fails to specify whether the vinegar flavoring is natural or artificial. Allred v. Frito-Lay N. Am., Inc., No. 17-1345 (S.D. Cal., entered March 7, 2018). The plaintiff couple filed similar lawsuits…
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FDA Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rule Addressing Fermented and Hydrolyzed Foods with Gluten-Free Claims
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended from February 16 to February 22, 2016, the comment period regarding requirements for fermented and hydrolyzed foods or those containing fermented or hydrolyzed ingredients that carry the “gluten-free” claim. The proposed rule would apply to foods such as sauerkraut, yogurt, pickles, cheese, green olives, vinegar, and…
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Consumer Group Alleges Lead Content in T.J. Maxx Balsamic Vinegar Violates Prop. 65
Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against T.J. Maxx, its parent company and its food supplier alleging that they failed to provide a warning of lead content in a raspberry balsamic vinegar product in accordance with the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Prop. 65), the California law that requires…
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Putative Class Claims Vinegar Not “All Natural”
A California resident has filed a putative statewide class action against H.J. Heinz Co. alleging that its Distilled White Vinegar is falsely advertised as “all natural” because it is made with genetically modified (GM) crops. Banafsheha v. H.J. Heinz Co., No. 14-2023 (C.D. Cal., filed March 17, 2014). Alleging that she paid more for the product…
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Report Warns of Lead in Balsamic and Other Red Wine Vinegars
An Environmental Health News (EHN) special report has allegedly identified significant lead levels in aged balsamic and other red wine vinegars, noting that “some vinegars had 8-9 times more lead than recommended” by California’s Proposition 65 regulations. The Environmental Health Sciences Foundation purportedly tested a range of domestic and imported vinegars sold in California in…