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FTC Sues Volkswagen for Cheating Consumers with Illegal Emission Devices
Apr 6, 2016US consumer watchdog the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen for deceiving consumers with illegal devices in its cars. FTC said the German carmaker had carried out false advertising campaign to promote ...
Tags: FTC, Federal Trade Commison, Volkswagen, Illegal emission devices
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General Mills Slapped with Lawsuit Over Cheerios Protein Claims
Nov 13, 2015US-based General Mills is being sued by the Center for Science in the Public Interest for alleged misleading labeling as well as false advertising. In its promotional campaign, General Mills has stated that its Cheerios Protein is ...
Tags: General Mills, labeling
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Unilever Has Sued Hampton Creek
Nov 18, 2014Unilever has sued Hampton Creek, a start-up food company that is developing animal-free alternatives to industrialised foods over the definition of mayonnaise. The lawsuit was filed in Newark, NJ, in a federal court on October 31, ...
Tags: mayonnaise, false advertising, Agriculture
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Blood Glucose Test Strips Sold in These Packages Have Been Declared Misbranded by FDA
May 7, 2014Blood glucose test strips sold in these packages have been declared misbranded by FDA and should not be used. (Courtesy FDA) FDA has announced the recommendation that use of Shasta Technologies' GenStrip Glucose Test Strips be ...
Tags: FDA, Certification, Health, Medicine
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Some of The Food Items Shoppers See on Store Shelves Aren't What They Seem.
Nov 21, 2013A consumer advocacy group is warning in an updated report that some of the food items shoppers see on store shelves aren't what they seem. The nonprofit U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention has recently released a new update to its Food Fraud ...
Tags: food, fraud, warning, Pomegranate juice, olive oil, seafood
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Golden Calf & Wagyu Style Get Much Worshipping
Aug 28, 2013Death on the farm a grim reality of agriculture Meet the apostle of post-organic agriculture All beef cattle are only a bolt-gun away from death, but life before the steel bullet is better for some than others. Much better. Quite simply, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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Twitter Has Reached a Settlement with Skootle That Prohibits The Tennessee-Based Company
May 28, 2013Twitter has reached a settlement with Skootle that prohibits the Tennessee-based company from spamming Twitter users' feeds with marketing and other promotional content. The case, which dates back to a lawsuit that Twitter brought against ...
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Honey Laundering Has Gained a Good Deal of Merited Press Coverage The Last Few Years
Mar 12, 2013What sits on the grocery shelf is often not what it seems — especially regarding olive oil, honey, fish and wine. The National Center for Food Protection and Defense estimates that Americans pay $10 billion to $15 billion annually for ...
Tags: Food Protection and Defense, food safety, US
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PentagonLight Was a California Maker of Flashlights Used by The Military
Feb 6, 2013PentagonLight was a California maker of flashlights used by the military and law enforcement agencies. Their lights included lithium-powered handheld lights, tactical lights for guns, and an angle head flashlight. Angle Head Flashlight ...
Tags: Pentagonlight, Lighting Brands, flashlight
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Retailers Repeating Marketing Claims Is Protected by FTC
Feb 4, 2013The Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (“Textile Act”), Wool Products Labeling Act (“Wool Act”), and the Fur Products Labeling Act (“Fur Act”) (collectively, the “Acts”) provide that a ...
Tags: Textile Act, Wool Act, FTC, Fur Act
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A Federal Judge in California Has Ordered Apple and Amazon.com
Jan 21, 2013A federal judge in California has ordered Apple and Amazon.com to sit down and attempt to settle a lawsuit between them over Amazon's use of the "Appstore" name for its online application marketplace. U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth ...
Tags: Apple, Amazon, Appstore, online application
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FTC Announced an Enforcement Policy Statement
Jan 14, 2013The Federal Trade Commission announced an Enforcement Policy Statement regarding the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act,the Wool Products Labeling Act,and the Fur Products Labeling Act concerning treatment of certain retailers that ...
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Australia Was The First Country Where Apple's New iPad Went on Sale in March
Dec 26, 2012Apple has agreed to pay a £1.43m fine for misleading Australians about the 4G capacity of its latest iPad in a case brought by the national consumer watchdog. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said Apple had ...
Tags: Apple, 4G iPad Case, watchdog, 4G network
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The Generic Use of The Term "APP Store" Is Not False Advertising
Dec 25, 2012The generic use of the term "app store" is not false advertising, and a federal court in California should grant partial summary judgment for Amazon.com on Apple's false advertising claim, the Internet retailer said in a filing on ...
Tags: app store, false advertising, Amazon, Apple
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Endo Pharmaceuticals Has Unveiled 7.5mg and 15mg Strengths of The OPANA ER
Dec 18, 2012Endo Pharmaceuticals has unveiled 7.5mg and 15mg strengths of the reformulated version of OPANA ER with INTAC technology designed to be crush-resistant. The launch makes all the approved strengths of the reformulated version product ...
Tags: Endo, OPANA ER, INTAC technology, 7.5mg and 15mg strengths
