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Organic grocery chain bans products with cartoon packaging

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

In an effort to combat marketing to children, a Washington, D.C.-based organic grocer has stopped stocking products whose packaging features cartoon

Class action filed against FDA-targeted companies over “0 g trans fat” claim

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 19 2010

A New York resident has filed a false-advertising class action in a California federal court against the companies that make certain ice cream products labeled with the statement "0 g trans fat."

Report urges FTC and AGS to investigate digital marketing of alcohol to youth

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2010

The Center for Digital Democracy and the Berkeley Media Studies Group have released a report, "Alcohol Marketing in the Digital Age," that discusses some of the specific ways that alcohol beverage companies are conducting contemporary advertising campaigns using digital media, data collection, behavioral targeting, social media, and online gaming and video that allegedly appeal to underage youth

Researchers find young children aware of popular brands

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 12 2010

A recent psychology study has reportedly suggested that children younger than age 5 "have emerging knowledge of brands that are relevant in their lives."

Conference to examine marketing obesity prevention

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

DTC Perspectives Inc. has announced the 2010 Marketing Disease Prevention in America (MDPA) Conference, which will discuss how health care marketing can effectively address obesity prevention

CMAJ editorial urges energy drink regulation

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2010

"Caffeine-loaded energy drinks have now crossed the line from beverages to drugs delivered as tasty syrups," opines a July 26, 2010, Canadian Medical Association Journal editorial, which recommends "strict regulations" and warning labels comparable to those required for caffeine tablets

Defamation verdict against Peruvian scientist in GM maize research dispute to be reviewed

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Peru
  • -
  • May 28 2010

According to a news source, the Peruvian Superior Court has agreed to hear an appeal filed by a medical sciences biotechnologist convicted of defamation by a lower court for criticizing another scientist whose research allegedly showed that genetically modified (GM) maize had been illegally planted in a valley on the Peruvian coast

FDA revises qualified health claims for selenium dietary supplements

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 8 2010

According to counsel for a company that makes dietary supplements containing selenium, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to allow the company to make qualified health claims for the products that include brief disclaimers

Complaint filed against walnut seller for omega-3 health claims

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2010

A New York resident has filed a putative class action against Diamond Foods, Inc. in a California federal court alleging that the company labeled its walnuts with false claims that “consumption of the omega-3 fatty acids in walnuts promotes heart health and lowers the risk of coronary heart disease.”

Federal court grants preliminary approval to settlement in Frosted Mini-Wheats case

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 15 2010

A federal court in California has approved a motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement in litigation involving allegedly fraudulent claims that Kellogg Co.’s Frosted Mini-Wheats cereal “was clinically shown to improve children’s attentiveness by nearly 20.”

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