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In a significant move toward greater labeling transparency and state oversight of food policy, Texas and Louisiana have enacted new laws requiring special labels and disclosures for certain food ingredients. Aimed at...more
A recently filed class action lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington underscores growing legal risks for retailers and distributors of rice products in the United States. Plaintiffs in Wright...more
On May 2, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued a landmark ruling in California Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta, Case No. 2:19-cv-02019, holding that Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) warning...more
The Learned Concierge - Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries....more
This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape. California: Newsom signs three significant food bills. California Governor Gavin...more
Two thousand twenty-three was no exception to the trend of recent years in the ever-increasing issuance of private enforcer-led Proposition 65 60-Day Notices of Violation (“Notices”) to businesses allegedly selling consumer,...more
In the January edition of the Food & Beverage Digest, our roundup of court cases and regulations affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, a consumer wants her 2 ounces, a Slack-Fill Slayer has...more
Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries....more
On April 28, 2023, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against Kroger alleging that the company misleadingly labeled spreadable fruit products...more
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - As of 1 January 2022, certain retailers, manufacturers, and importers are required to disclose the presence of bioengineered food and food that contains bioengineered...more
Twenty twenty-one proved to be another busy year in the world of California’s Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”). Despite the second full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prop. 65 citizen plaintiff groups remained highly active....more
In a recent article, we noted that beverage industry giants have announced future plans to explore the CBD beverage market — a market that has an expected valuation of $1.4 billion by 2023....more
In February, Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) plaintiff groups issued, per normal, just around three hundred (300) total 60-Day Notices of Violation (“Notices”)—two hundred and ninety-six (296) Notices to be exact—and some of...more
Two thousand twenty-one is off to a roaring start in California’s Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) world. Prop. 65 plaintiff groups issued two hundred thirty-seven (237) total 60-Day Notices of Violation (“Notices”), with a number...more
Companies with fewer than ten employees are exempt from California’s Proposition 65 warning requirements but may nonetheless have a sophisticated distribution network for their product, making them an attractive target for...more
On December 7, 2020, the Seventh Circuit joined three other circuits—the First, Second, and Ninth—in holding that an accurate fine-print list of ingredients does not foreclose, as a matter of law, a claim that an ambiguous...more
Twenty-twenty was an unprecedented year of crisis throughout the world with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stay-at-home orders, quarantines, remote work, and Zoom-school did not slowdown Proposition 65 plaintiffs,...more
On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a corporate Warning Letter to Whole Foods Market (“Whole Foods”) following 32 recalls Whole Foods conducted over an approximate one year period for...more
On November 9, 2020, Judge Jeffrey Miller of the Southern District of California certified a class of California citizens alleging that Kroger violated various California consumer protection laws by mislabeling its...more
In November 2020, Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) plaintiff groups issued three hundred and fourteen (314) Prop. 65 60-Day Notices of Violation (“Notices”). In these Notices, plaintiff groups allege that chemicals in foods and...more
October 2020 Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) claims were, once again, varied and abundant with respect to food and consumer product allegations. Plaintiff groups issued three hundred and thirty-three (333) total Prop. 65 60-Day...more
September 2020 Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) claims were, for the most part, “oldies but goodies.” Plaintiff groups issued three hundred and forty (340) total Prop. 65 60-Day Notices of Violation (“Notices), over two hundred...more
Ensuring a healthy food industry supply chain is vital as we cope with the effects of the current pandemic. With shortages in some areas and massive waste in others, the industry must consider ways to pivot their thinking and...more
California Proposition 65: Trends and Highlights in April 2020 - As COVID-19, shelter-in-place orders and California Court closures continued into April, new Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”) claims were plentiful and creative,...more