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CLASS ACTION AGAINST PEPSICO BRAND RUMBLES ON

Tropicana’s ‘pure and natural’ OJ headache persists

By Ben BOUCKLEY

PepsiCo brand Tropicana has failed in its bid to dismiss a US class action that claims it falsely labeled its orange juice as ‘100% pure and natural’ despite pasteurization, processing, coloring and flavoring.

Legal challenge to US COOL amendments

By Carina Perkins

Canadian and US meat processors and producers have filed a lawsuit with a US court in a bid to block the implementation of amendments to the US country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rule.  

Maple water: The new coconut water?

By Hank Schultz

Coconut water has a new competitor. Maple water, a beverage consisting of the raw sap from sugar maple trees, has made its Canadian market debut in Quebec and British Columbia, according to an organization of maple sugar producers.