Article
Claim Litigation in the Food Industry
Article
Claim Litigation in the Food Industry
February 16, 2017
This article originally appeared in Natural Products Insider. Reprinted with permission. Any opinions in this article are not those of Winston & Strawn or its clients; the opinions in this article are the authors’ opinions only.
Not all substances contained in packaged foods and dietary supplements need to be disclosed in the products’ ingredient statements. But can the presence of those substances impact claims and “romance language” included elsewhere on the products’ labeling?
Plaintiffs’ lawyers are increasingly answering that question “yes.”