Food manufacturers received a setback earlier this week, when Judge Thelton Henderson of the Northern District of California ruled that where a consumer identifies a specific class period in which a defendant food manufacturer labeled its products in a deceptive
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Discussion of Emerging Legal Threats to the Food Industry
The Food Liability Law blog, published by Stoel Rives LLP, focuses on legal issues related to food product labeling, regulatory compliance, and consumer protection claims. It covers topics such as class action lawsuits over misleading food labels, FDA regulations and updates on nutrition facts labeling, and challenges involving marketing claims like "Nothing Artificial" or GMO labeling. The blog also addresses industry events and developments in natural and organic food law, providing insights on how food manufacturers must navigate evolving legal standards and regulatory requirements to avoid liability and ensure accurate product representation.
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Missouri Court denies Motion to Dismiss Over “Nothing Artificial” Claims
Like several California courts before it, a recent Missouri federal court case reminds food manufacturers that they must carefully monitor the marketing claims made on the front of their products’ labeling packages regardless of whether an ingredient list is included…
FDA Offers Webinar to Review Recent Nutrition Facts Labeling Final Rules
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to host a webinar on Monday, June 27, 2016, to review the agency’s recent Nutrition Facts Labeling Final Rules and what industry needs to know about the changes to nutrition facts labels…
Food 2.0 Event Reviews Natural and Organic Food Landscape and Prospects
Stoel Rives LLP is proud to sponsor the 2016 Food 2.0 event taking place today through June 9, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. The annual event brings together manufacturers, service providers, investors, companies, consultants and lawyers to assess the natural…
FDA’s Nutrition Facts Panel Gets a Makeover
Updated Nutrition Facts Panel, Image courtesy of FDA
In a major step aimed at helping consumers maintain healthy dietary practices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on a new nutrition facts…
GMOs: To Label or Not to Label? That is the Question
As the days grow longer and the snow starts to melt, so, too, does the debate on genetically modified organism (GMO) labeling begin to heat up. This is because Vermont’s Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Act—which requires that food entirely…
The Egg Salmonella Sentencing: An Exercise in Imagination
Indulge me for just a moment in an exercise in whimsy. Except as will be expressly described below, any resemblance to real persons or substances, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Imagine if you will that in the processing of…
Is Paleo the New Black?
An article by two lawyers at Reed Smith, Drew Amoroso and David S. Reidy, entitled “Is ‘Paleo’ The Next Battleground In Food Litigation?”, reminded me of this prior article, the one I wanted to call “Don’t Make…
Here’s Why Restaurant Chains Are Starting to Issue New Food Menus
In the past few months, consumers may have noticed that some popular chain restaurants have started to display calorie and other nutrition information on menus and placards. The reason can be traced to the release by the Food and Drug…
When to Call the Whole Thing Off
People who aren’t intellectual property lawyers often mix up trademark, copyright, patent and trade secret protection. Each provides a different kind of protection for a different kind of property interest, and they generally don’t overlap. There are also different protections…