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On February 24, 2021, Parliament voted down Bill C-213, which would have enacted the Canada Pharmacare Act. The Private Member’s Bill was first introduced a year ago, re-introduced in September 2020 after Parliament’s prorogation, and defeated at Second Reading.
The Canada Pharmacare Act set out a series of criteria and conditions that would have been required before a federal cash contribution could be provided to a province for its public drug insurance plan: public…
Are you thinking about registering a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”)? Registering a trademark can be a very smart and effective decision for your business, but it isn’t quite as simple as you might think it is. To register a trademark you need to provide a considerable amount of information about the mark itself, the goods or services provided under it, how the mark is used, etc. One of…
A Listeria outbreak linked to soft Queso-style cheeses has turned deadly and spurred federal officials to renew their calls for consumers to throw out certain brands of cheese products.
As of late Monday, 11 people across four states have been confirmed infected from Listeria monocytogenes in the outbreak. One person has died and 10 have had symptoms so severe that they had to be admitted to hospitals, according to an update posted by the Centers…
Eli Dinerman has announced that he plans to open the first dedicated kosher wine shop in the Baltimore area next month, in an existing brick and mortar building on Reisterstown Road, in lower Pikesville on the Baltimore County side of the city county line.
Application has been made to the Baltimore County Board of Liquor License Commissioners and that approval is the final step before the opening of Baltimore’s first pure play kosher wine shop.…
J&J Distributing of St. Paul, MN, is recalling multiple products because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The products include taco trays, platters and dips, layered dips and sandwiches.
The company reports distributing the products to retailers across the country, according to its recall notice posted posted by the Food and Drug Administration.
The potential contamination was found after routine testing by the company revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes on a utensil used to produce…
Post Sugary Cereal Buyers Get Ok on $15M False Ad Deal (subscription to Law360 required)
On February 24, 2021, a California federal judge tentatively approved a settlement over nutrition-related claims for breakfast cereal whereby Post would establish a $15 million non-reversionary common fund to compensate a nationwide class of consumers who purchased Raisin Bran, Honeycomb, Honey Bunches of Oats, or Waffle Crisps, and Post would also refrain from using claims including “less processed,” “no high…
In the third of the three significant decisions issued in the In re Zantac MDL, No. 2924, on New Year’s Eve, preemption prevailed again – this time barring claims asserted against drug retailers and pharmacists, both branded and generic. In re Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation, ___ F. Supp.3d ___, 2020 WL 7864585 (S.D. Fla. Dec. 31, 2020). For anyone who hasn’t read our prior “ZantacChronicles” posts, the relevant facts are these: …
South African Nthabiseng Zaza liked traveling and gospel music. She liked shoes, especially designer brands like Michael Kors. “She was the life of the party,” Matlhogonolo said, Nthabiseng’s 26-year-old sister.
Nthabiseng was a person who loved family above all else. She always wanted to have kids and was blessed with a daughter, Onthathile, who turns 5 this month. Matlhogonolo Chantell and her twin sister Michell Masego Zaza are raising their sister’s daughter.
Onthathile doesn’t remember…
The Food and Drug Administration warned El Abuelito Cheese Inc. owners about the presence of Listeria in their manufacturing facility eight months ago in June 2020. The company has recently recalled many cheese products in relation to a current outbreak.
El Abuelito soft cheese are the suspected source of the current Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that has, as of the most recent update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sickened 10 people. Nine of them…