INSIDE: ‘NATURAL’ LABELING CLASS SUIT REINSTATED AGAINST HAIN CELESTIAL
• COURT ADDRESSES CLAIMS IN CLASS ACTION AGAINST ENERGY DRINK MANUFACTURER
• CLASS ACTION DISMISSED AGAINST LIP BALM MANUFACTURER ACCUSED OF DECEIVING CUSTOMERS
• GMO AND PESTICIDE BANS REJECTED IN THREE HAWAII COUNTIES
SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS
AFFECTING THE FOOD INDUSTRY
A REVIEW OF 2016 LITIGATION
FROM CARLTON FIELDS
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3 In re: Simply Orange Juice
Marketing and Sales Practices
Litigation
4 Del Real, LLC v. Harris
5 Baler v. The Hain Celestial
Group, Inc.
6 Torrent v. Yakult U.S.A ., Inc.
7 In Re: Anheuser-Busch Beer
Labeling Marketing and Sales
Practices
9 Kane, et al. v. Chobani, LLC
10 Garrison v. Whole Foods
Market, Inc., and Garrison v.
Whole Foods Mkt. Cal., Inc.
11 K hasin v. R. C. Bigelow, Inc.
12 ThermoLife Intern., LLC v.
Gaspari Nutrition, Inc.
13 Reilly v. Chipotle Mexican Grill,
Inc.
13 PETA v. Whole Foods Mkt.
Cal., Inc.
15 Montgomery v. Kraft Foo ds
Global, Inc.
16 Bishop v. 7-Eleven, Inc.
17 Fisher, et al. v. Monster
Beverage Corporation, et al.
18 Kumar v. Salov N. Am. Corp.
20 Ebner v. Fresh, Inc.
22 Pye v. Fifth Generation, et al.
23 Brazil v. Dole Packaged Food,
LLC
24 Schneider v. Chipotle Mexican
Grill, Inc.
25 Alika Atay, et al. v. County of
Maui; Hawaii Papaya Indus.
Assn., et al. v. County of
Hawaii; Syngenta Seeds, Inc.,
et al. v. County of Kauai, et al.;
and Robert Ito Farm, Inc., et
al. v. County of Maui, et al.
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