Attorney: ‘You can’t keep getting sued over label claims that don’t have a substantive bearing on the food’

By Elaine WATSON

09-Aug-2013 Last updated on 28-Sep-2021 at 12:30 GMT

Will the FDA put us all out of our misery and make a decision asap on whether GMOs belong in foods marketed as ‘natural’, as judges handling class action lawsuits over this issue are hoping?

Pressure builds on FDA to determine whether GMOs belong in ‘natural’ products as second lawsuit is stayed pending action by the FDA

19-Jul-2013

A week after California judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers put a class action lawsuit (Cox vs Gruma Corp) on ice for six months to let the FDA determine whether GMOs belong in foods marketed as ‘natural’, a judge in Colorado has followed her lead in a similar...

Judge asks FDA to decide once and for all on whether GMOs belong in 'natural' products

12-Jul-2013

By Elaine Watson

Lawyers defending food industry clients in consumer class actions over whether GMOs belong in 'natural' products say courts should follow a California judge's lead and let the FDA determine this matter once and for all, so such cases stop "needlessly...

Judge: ‘There is a gaping hole in the current regulatory landscape for ‘natural’ claims and GMOs’

18-Jun-2013

By Elaine Watson

A federal judge handling a lawsuit filed in California over ‘all-natural’ claims on Mission tortilla chips has recommended that the case be put on hold for six months to give the FDA time to determine whether products containing GMOs should be labeled...