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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Alston & Bird

For Your Consumption – March 2025: Always Reading the Tea Leaves

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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

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Alcohol Beverage Labeling Risk Avoidance: Them's Fightin' Words!

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Distilled spirits manufacturers recently find themselves in proverbial hot water when it comes to incomplete or misleading representations on labels. Recent state and federal court cases highlight that while mere "puffery" –...more

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Gin Manufacturer Bacardi Avoids Lawsuit for Its Use of “Grains of Paradise”

A federal judge in the Southern District of Florida recently dismissed an action alleging that Bacardi’s use of a botanical called “grains of paradise” in its gin was “harmful and illegal,” holding that the statute on which...more

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Florida Federal District Court Rules GRAS Regulation Preempts Florida Statute Criminalizing Ingredient

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In an important ruling dismissing a proposed class action, the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled that the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) generally recognized as safe (GRAS) regulation...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l February 2020 #3

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Releases Guidance on Intentional Adulteration - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the third and final installment of its draft guidance on intentional...more

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Class Action Tests Allowed Ingredients In Gin Under Florida Law

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Bacardi U.S., Inc. is facing a class action lawsuit in Florida due the use of grains of paradise in Bombay Sapphire® Gin. In Uri Marrache v. Bacardi USA, Inc., et al., Case No. 2019-023668-CA-01 (Miami-Dade Cir. Ct. Aug. 9,...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l August 2019 #3

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Issues First Warning Letter for FSMA Foreign Supplier Program - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued the first warning letter enforcing the Food Safety...more

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Food and Beverage Law Update: July 2019

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Wage and Hour - 80/20 Rule Still Followed in Some Parts - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance doing away with the so-called "80/20 rule" in November 2018. District courts have greeted the new guidance...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update l May 2019

Silverman Speaks to Congressional Staff About Food Litigation Trends - Shook Partner Cary Silverman was an invited panelist at The George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School’s Law and Economics Center’s...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | June 2018 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Releases Guidance on Dietary Fiber Labeling - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released guidance identifying eight non-digestible carbohydrates that the agency intends...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | August 2017

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has sent a letter to Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), calling for an investigation into the use of phthalates in food and fast-food packaging. Citing a...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | July 2017 #2

GE Salmon Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced a bill that would require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) salmon and independent scientific review of the U.S. Food and...more

Carlton Fields

Food for Thought: A Review of 2016 Litigation

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Food for Thought is a review of significant court decisions affecting the food, beverage, dietary supplements and personal care products industry. Although many cases in this edition focus on class certification, others...more

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Ruling Could Put Deceptive Labeling Cases on Hold

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today placed on hold a consumer class action involving yogurt labels until the FDA issues final guidance on use of the terms at issue in the dispute—a decision that could ripple...more

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Spirits Industry Under Fire: What You Need to Know About Class Action Litigation

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In this issue: - Where did these cases come from? - What are these cases about? - Who is driving these cases? - What are the Plaintiffs suing for? - Who is a likely target? - How can...more

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