Food & beverage litigation did not go gentle into that good night of 2025. From the flood of new citric acid lawsuits following an old playbook to decisions on “climate neutral” certifications and heavy metals in rice, we had...more
2/4/2026
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Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Branding ,
False Advertising ,
Food Contamination ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Safety ,
Greenwashing ,
Marketing ,
Product Labels ,
Public Health ,
Toxic Chemicals
Our Food & Beverage and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Teams review recent moves by state attorneys general to follow the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda and what they signal for food and consumer...more
1/15/2026
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Baby Products ,
Consumer Product Companies ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Supply ,
Investigations ,
Public Health ,
State Attorneys General ,
Supply Chain ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In the November edition of For Your Consumption, our food & beverage digest of court cases and litigation trends affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a plaintiff is choking on the splinters,...more
12/9/2025
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Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
False Advertising ,
Food Contamination ,
Food Safety ,
Greenwashing ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Misbranding ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The Make America Healthy Again Commission’s new strategy report outlines the Trump Administration’s plans to combat chronic disease in children, with potentially far-reaching implications for regulated industries. Our Food &...more
In the July edition of For Your Consumption, our food & beverage digest of court cases and litigation trends affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, maltodextrin gets shucked, ghee provides...more
8/1/2025
/ Agribusiness ,
Beverage Manufacturers ,
Class Action ,
Cosmetics ,
False Advertising ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Safety ,
Product Labels ,
Product Packaging ,
Supply Chain
In the June edition of For Your Consumption, our food & beverage digest of court cases and litigation trends affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, black mold is not gold, cane sugar is not a...more
6/19/2025
/ Agribusiness ,
Beverage Manufacturers ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
False Advertising ,
Food & Drug Regulations ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Safety ,
Plastics ,
Product Labels ,
Product Packaging ,
Settlement
In the March edition of For Your Consumption, our food & beverage digest of court cases and litigation trends affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, there’s nothing natural about beavers’ anal...more
4/3/2025
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Agribusiness ,
Beverage Manufacturers ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cosmetics ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Safety ,
Marketing ,
Wine & Alcohol
Our Food, Beverage & Agribusiness Team unpacks what companies need to know about the Food and Drug Administration’s final rule on “healthy” food labeling....more
How reasonable does a consumer have to be before they’re “unambiguously” deceived? Our Food & Beverage Team reads the tea leaves to discover how courts in the Ninth Circuit are applying the new McGinity standard....more
In the spring edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and litigation trends affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, we ponder the significance of insignificant, real...more
6/14/2024
/ Beverage Manufacturers ,
Class Action ,
Dietary Supplements ,
False Advertising ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Marketing ,
PFAS ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions
Our Food & Beverage Team reports good news for the industry: product labels can follow either the Food and Drug Administration’s current version or any new version of a rule defining “healthy.”...more
In the March edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, there’s fermented fungus in your fruit, a consumer demands...more
In the January edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a consumer wants her 2 ounces, a Slack-Fill Slayer has...more
2/6/2024
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Animal Food ,
Beverage Manufacturers ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Dietary Supplements ,
Food & Drug Regulations ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Marketing ,
Misleading Impressions ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retailers
In the December edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, states get in on the class action, protein can’t pack a...more
In the November edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a mimosa fan is feeling really cavalier, a limone lacks...more
In the October edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a consumer likes (pop)corn – but only if it’s from...more
11/8/2023
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Beverage Manufacturers ,
Class Action ,
False Advertising ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Marketing ,
Misleading Impressions ,
PFAS ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions
In the September edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a surprise amicus brief isn’t so friendly, 210 seconds...more
In the July edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a kombucha goes pear-shaped, a New Yorker joins a coffee...more
8/2/2023
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Beverage Manufacturers ,
Class Action ,
False Advertising ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Marketing ,
Nutrition Facts Labels ,
Product Labels ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Wine & Alcohol
In the June edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, no one knows how to spell chili/chile, lemon-flavored cookies...more
In the May edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a plaintiff steals our bit, too much information makes the...more
In the April edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a nutrition shake does a gut (barrier) check, a craft rum...more
In the March edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, one bro tries to clean and jerk seven cases, “organoleptic”...more
A salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds brought the largest criminal penalty ever imposed following a criminal conviction in a food safety case. Our Food & Beverage and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations...more
2/16/2023
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Blue Bell Creameries ,
CGMP ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Food & Drug Regulations ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Contamination ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Safety ,
Food Supply ,
Government Investigations ,
Kellogg Company ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
White Collar Crimes
In the December edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, pop goes the Indiana popcorn, granola complicates...more
In the November edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, kombucha creates a buzz, some purported smoked cheese...more