Source: AD LAW ACCESS, 11/8/17


On October 25, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a consumer class action under Massachusetts law, contending that Wesson vegetable oil is falsely labeled “100% natural” because it allegedly is extracted from genetically modified corn, soybean and rapeseed.  Lee v. Conagra Brands., Inc., 1:17-cv-11042 (D. Mass Oct. 25, 2017).  This was an unusually clean case in that there was no other ground challenging the “100% natural” claim and no counts for other legal violations.  

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