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CHICAGO, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Bel Brands USA is pleased to announce a new program in partnership with Land O Lakes, Inc. – one of America s premier agribusiness and food companies – to implement and measure sustainable agriculture practices that promote soil health and reduce greenhouse gas emissions on one of its supplying dairy farms. The 3-year pilot effort will be one of the first to use Land O Lakes Truterra™ Insights Engine to track crop system changes on a dairy farm.
Bel Brands USA partners with Land O’Lakes, Inc. to pilot sustainable agriculture program. The information obtained on sustainable agriculture practices will help shape the dairy industry’s future.
Company Settles Case on Baking Process Claims Thursday, February 25, 2021
On February 16, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division granted final approval of a class action settlement, incentive reward, and attorneys’ fees and expenses that totaled more than $650,000. The settlement resulted from a 2018 lawsuit where plaintiffs argued that FGF Brands USA Inc. and FGF Brands, Inc. (defendants) made misleading claims regarding the baking process of their various naan products.
Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in 2018 against the defendants who sell naan Indian flatbread, challenging its “tandoor-baked naan” and “tandoor oven-baked to honor 2,000 years of tradition” claims as being false and misleading. Defendants baked the naan on a conveyor belt in a gas-heated commercial oven, not in traditional tandoor ovens, which are made from clay or stone. Plaintiffs claimed that there is no substitute for the flavor imparted