GUEST ARTICLE: FDA poised to spoil a food fight, naturally

By Gregory D Cote, partner, McCarter & English

18-May-2018 Last updated on 18-May-2018 at 19:54 GMT

World-renowned chef Thomas Keller once said, ‘Food should be fun.’ But to those who make the products we eat and drink, there is nothing fun about food and beverage labeling litigation.

Food labeling litigation in focus at the ACI law conference: Making a buck or making a difference?

03-May-2018

By Elaine Watson

You can’t beat a good courtroom drama, but if you’re monitoring the food litigation scene these days, you’re highly unlikely to get one, observed experts at a recent legal conference, who claimed that a small number of law firms targeting food brands...

Gottlieb promises action on ‘natural’ claims, hints at support for potassium salt petition

29-Mar-2018

By Elaine Watson

After two years of radio silence, during which some legal commentators – and several judges dealing with civil litigation on the issue – suspected it might die on the vine, the FDA has given its clearest indication yet that it will attempt to define...

All-natural blues at Bigelow Tea as CEO blasts 'frivolous' glyphosate lawsuit

22-Dec-2017

By Elaine Watson

Bigelow has promised to vigorously defend itself against a “frivolous” lawsuit filed by The Richman Law Group on behalf of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) alleging it misrepresented its green tea as ‘all natural’ owing to trace levels of...