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May 13, 2021
On Wednesday, plaintiffs in a California Northern District cheese packaging lawsuit waiting on a motion for dismissal ruling filed a notice citing that a motion to dismiss was denied on Monday in a similar lawsuit against Kraft Heinz, the same defendant, in the D.C. Superior Court. The plaintiffs in both lawsuits alleged that Kraft Heinz falsely claimed its cheese is natural when it is made from the milk of cows who were fed growth hormones.
The D.C. Superior Court matter, which was filed by the Organic Consumers Association in December, cited the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act and contested the same “natural” claim on Kraft branded cheese. That court determined that the question of whether a reasonable consumer would consider “natural” to mean that the milk did not come from cows with hormones would be a question for a jury, rather than for the court.