23 Sep, 2024 Danone's abandonment of "Nutri-Score" is further evidence of the chaos in food and beverage labeling. By Paul Benson I've posted a lot about food and beverage labeling, largely because there are no real standards that govern the regulation of the...
13 Mar, 2024 False advertising lawsuit alleges there are undisclosed pesticides in Cheerios. Further proof of the creativity of the plaintiffs' bar. By Paul Benson I've posted frequently about what seems to be the never-ending litany of false advertising lawsuits against food and beverage...
05 Jul, 2023 What is the cost of mis-labeling your product? It can be as much as $7.8 million-plus. By Paul Benson When a client hires me to defend a class action involving allegations of a false or misleading product label, they often ask me what...
24 Jun, 2021 FDA Updates Standard of Identity for Yogurt, Revokes Standard for Lowfat and Nonfat Yogurt By Taylor Fritsch More than 20 years after a petition was filed by the National Yogurt Association, and more than a decade after a proposed rule, the FDA...
19 Feb, 2021 Health-Related Advertising Claims Catch Competitors' Eyes During COVID-19, Says BBB National Programs By Taylor Fritsch The advertising industry's voluntary self-regulatory programs operated by BBB National Programs report a 50 percent uptick in competitor...
17 Nov, 2020 Germany's in on "nutri-score" labeling. Will other countries do so as well? By Paul Benson Labeling has been a dominant issue in the food and beverage space for decades. There are multiple ways to present information to...