Consumer Law,
Civil Litigation
Dec. 22, 2021
Growing list of complaints challenge food labeling statutes
Food labeling is a field ripe for litigation. Recent consumer class actions include a proposed lawsuit against Frito-Lay for its Ruffle Cheddar and Sour Cream potato chips, alleging the snacks aren’t labeled sufficiently as “artificially flavored.”
If it's made like butter, looks like butter, and tastes and cooks like butter, but is made with cashews, oil from sunflowers, and coconuts instead of milk, is it still butter?
As more plant-based foods enter the marketplace, the definition of some grocery staples is being tested in court.
In August, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled Sonoma based Miyoko's Creamery could continu...
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