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The State AG Report – 07.24.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • Latest Texas AG Food Probe Puts Mars in a Sticky...more

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Latest Texas AG Food Probe Puts Mars in a Sticky Situation

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Texas AG Ken Paxton announced that he is investigating Mars, Inc., the maker of products like M&M’s and Skittles, for allegedly engaging in deceptive trade practices in violation of state consumer protection laws when...more

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The State AG Report – 06.26.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • All AGs Settle with Purdue Pharma over Opioid-Related...more

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Texas AG Spurs National Reform for General Mills

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Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton announced that General Mills has agreed to remove petroleum-based artificial dyes from its cereals and school food products throughout the U.S. by summer 2026, and from its entire U.S....more

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General Mills Agrees to Stop Using Artificial Dyes After Texas AG’s Biting Investigation

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Texas AG Ken Paxton announced that General Mills, Inc. has agreed to remove artificial dyes from its products to resolve an investigation into the company’s alleged misrepresentations about the health of its products in...more

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Trial Court Strikes Down California’s Prop 65 Acrylamide Warning Requirements

A Federal District Court in California has ruled that Proposition 65 warning requirements for dietary acrylamide are unconstitutional. The California Chamber of Commerce (“CalChamber”) sued five years ago challenging the...more

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Deceptive Trade Practices — A Texas No-Damages Model for Toxic Tort Litigation

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State and local governments have long participated in toxic tort litigation against manufacturers whose products are claimed to have driven up government healthcare costs. Now, the Texas attorney general has staked out a new...more

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Healthy or Not? FDA Explains New Standards in Latest Webinar

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On April 10, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a pre-recorded webinar outlining the updated "healthy" nutrient content claim rule. As we previously discussed, the rule will go into effect on April 28,...more

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Texas AG Has No Taste for Kellogg’s Alleged Misrepresentations about Artificial Dyes

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Texas AG Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into WK Kellogg Co. in connection with allegations that the company misrepresented whether its products contained artificial dyes and preservatives in violation of state...more

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Q4 2024: Food and CPG Legal Trends

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We are pleased to share our Q4 Food and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Legal Trends report. This report is a bite-size version of our annual year in review, providing timely insights on legal trends in the space. In Q4 of...more

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New York Attorney General Sues JBS for its Climate Claims

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New York State Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against beef producer JBS in state court. The allegations center around JBS’s allegedly misleading marketing claims related to its commitment to reduce climate...more

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California Bans Use of Certain Food Additives

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The California Food Safety Act, a law that bans the sale of foods containing four specific chemical additives, has been signed into California law. The law takes effect on January 1, 2027....more

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Baby Food Manufacturer Rapped for Allegedly Misrepresenting Products as Lead-Free

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New York AG Letitia James issued a demand letter to baby food company JSG Babyfood LLC, doing business as HolleUSA, ordering it to stop using false or misleading claims in its marketing in violation of New York’s consumer...more

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The State AG Report – 2.10.2022

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Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: Baby Food Manufacturer Agrees to Reduce...more

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Baby Food Manufacturer Agrees to Reduce Levels of Lead in Its Products

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California AG Rob Bonta reached a settlement with baby food manufacturer Perrigo Company and two of its subsidiaries (collectively, “Perrigo”) to resolve allegations that Perrigo did not warn consumers about the levels of...more

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Democratic Attorneys General Ask FDA to Set Heavy Metal Levels for Baby Food

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A group of 23 Democratic AGs, led by New York AG Letitia James, petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to set limits on the permissible levels of heavy metals in baby food...more

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California Court Halts New Prop. 65 Actions for Acrylamide as a Carcinogen

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A California district court has granted the California Chamber of Commerce’s preliminary injunction motion and prohibited the filing of new Proposition 65 lawsuits alleging exposure to acrylamide in food, pending the outcome...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Prop 65 Warnings and Acrylamide in Food – Can I Still Have My Coffee and Drink it Too?

Many of us think of coffee as a morning essential, however, there has been a long running debate between California regulators, courts, business, and consumer advocates regarding whether coffee must have a Proposition 65...more

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California Chamber of Commerce Challenges Proposition 65 Acrylamide Warning for Foods

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On October 7, 2019, the California Chamber of Commerce (“CalChamber”) filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Xavier Becerra in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The lawsuit seeks to...more

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Should Food Products With Acrylamide Be Exempted From Proposition 65?

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On October 7, 2019, the California Chamber of Commerce filed suit against the State of California requesting that a federal district court enjoin the State and private enforcers from requiring Proposition 65 warnings on foods...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l July 2019 #3

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - AGs Submit Comment to FDA on Cannabis - A group of 38 state attorneys general have submitted a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s...more

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