According to the lawsuit, SweetLeaf Monk Fruit Organic Sweetener — marketed as “sweetened by nature” with “nothing artificial” — is actually 99.13% erythritol, with monk fruit extract comprising less than 1% of the product.
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According to the lawsuit, SweetLeaf Monk Fruit Organic Sweetener — marketed as “sweetened by nature” with “nothing artificial” — is actually 99.13% erythritol, with monk fruit extract comprising less than 1% of the product.
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The ruling affirmed a 2024 federal district court decision that the challenger — Bruce Kaser, an Oregon organic hazelnut grower — hasn’t proven that he has directly suffered an “injury-in-fact” from USDA’s labeling regulation. Center for Food Safety called it a “vital victory” for organic stakeholders, and OrganicEye said a request to the appellate court for reconsideration has been filed.
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The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Hain Celestial and its retailer, Whole Foods Market, will face a new trial over claims that trace amounts of heavy metals in baby food cause autism in children.
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Girl Scout cookies contain lead, arsenic, cadmium, aluminum and mercury at levels that often exceed regulators’ recommended limits, as well as concerning amounts of a toxic herbicide, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
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An organic hazelnut farmer from Oregon, Bruce Kaiser, discusses his lawsuit against the USDA.
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A Pennsylvania teenager sued Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo, General Mills, WK Kellogg Co and six other Big Food companies alleging that ultraprocessed foods, engineered to be as addictive as cigarettes, caused him to develop fatty liver disease, Type 2 diabetes and other health problems.
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In a big victory for food and environmental safety, the court overturned the 2020 rule overhaul by the first Trump administration that had eliminated most government oversight over GE crops, trees and grasses.
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In the initial federal lawsuit, the USDA successfully challenged organic hazelnut grower Bruce Kaser’s standing to bring suit. On November 18th, he submitted his appeal to the 9th District Court. Our full story from last year on the grower group lawsuit.
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A federal judge ruled against a legal challenge to organic “grower group” certification, saying that the plaintiff did not have standing to claim economic injury.
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The H&M class action lawsuit says the products are made with “virgin synthetic, conventionally grown, and/or non-organic materials” even though the green tag claims they are made with recycled and/or organic materials.
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OrganicEye has (1) requested the USDA Office of Inspector General investigate the National Organic Program and (2) filed a formal legal complaint against CCOF, documenting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of contributions, advertising purchases, conference sponsorships and other payments over and above certification fees.
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In a lawsuit represented by represented by Richman Law & Policy, Toxin Free USA filed a lawsuit against restaurant chain CAVA, alleging deceptive marketing of its food and business practices.
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On Friday, Center for Food Safety and 12 groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the its failure to regulate factory farm pollution under the Clean Water Act.
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Center for Food Safety challenges exemptions for highly refined foods and unfamiliar terminology (Bioengineered) in GMO food labeling regulations.
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A class action lawsuit has been filed against Agro Gold WS for falsely advertising its ‘organic’ herbicide-and-fertilizer products.
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Another class action lawsuit for a product containing PFAS chemicals.
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Even if “Carbon Neutral” claims are certified by a third party, such as the Carbon Trust, organic brands could still face class action lawsuits.
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Bayer has seen the Supreme Court as its last and best hope to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages.
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The legal fight against the USDA continues, this time in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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A flurry of litigation by advocacy groups seeks to combat what they say is a rise in deceptive marketing by food giants.
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Experts say this verdict could have much wider ramifications.
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After the Congressional subcommittee report alleging “dangerously high” levels of lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic in select baby food products, Plum Organics, Happy Family Organics, Earth’s Best and others have been hit with lawsuits.
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The watchdog organization has filed a legal complaint against Natural Prairie, one of the nation’s largest “organic” factory dairies.
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A lawsuit filed by the Center for Food Safety against the USDA argues that the 2019 GMO labeling regulation will leave the majority of GMO-derived foods unlabeled, discriminate against tens of millions of Americans, prohibit the use of the widely known terms “GMO” and “GE”, and prohibit retailers from providing more information to consumers.
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