State-level attempts to regulate plant-based meat alternatives’ labeling has followed a familiar pattern. States pass a law restricting what plant-based companies may (or may not) say in their labeling and marketing. Then,...more
With COVID-19 dominating headlines and food manufacturers struggling to ensure that grocery store shelves remain stocked during this pandemic, manufacturers may have missed an important update from the U.S. Department of...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced it was exercising enforcement discretion for the required updated labeling of nutrition and supplement facts panels for six months following the first compliance...more
Pesticide suits may not have the staying power many in the food world feared, after all. Following news of the first billion-dollar verdict against the manufacturer of Roundup®, food and beverage companies braced as a series...more
Those who work in food labeling litigation are used to seeing vanilla complaints — that is, standard pleadings asserting the same allegations about label statements again and again. A new trend, however, has spawned several...more
A series of recent headlines in the food and beverage world make it clear that consumers, or at least consumer class action attorneys and their clients, increasingly care where their food comes from and not just what’s in it....more
The food and beverage industry has experienced significant change in recent years. New technological developments are enhancing the way food producers track food safety issues, food-labeling remains a hot-button issue, and...more
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