The Food Court delivers packaged insight into legal challenges, regulatory developments, and business trends impacting companies in the food and beverage industry. Product labeling, class actions, and antitrust litigation, as well as other top of mind issues confronting the industry are analyzed.
On May 28, 2024, Chief Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California certified a class of consumers in an action against Barilla Foods. The putative class action alleged that Barilla’s packaging and labeling misled consumers to believe that Barilla pasta products are produced in Italy and are sourced from Italian ingredients, when many of Barilla’s pasta products are produced in either New York or Iowa.