The Organic Consumers Association (“OCA”) announced today that it and Peapod Digital Labs, LLC (“PDL”) have worked together regarding the “Free From” label on “Nature’s Promise” brand food products sold through PDL’s affiliates, including Giant, Stop &…
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Court Finds Smithfield’s Food Safety Marketing Claims Might Mislead Consumers, Rules in Favor of Nonprofit
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today announced that the District of Columbia Superior Court rejected Smithfield’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit OCA brought against the pork producer in May 2020 under the District of Columbia Consumer Protection …
Read moreOrganic Consumers Association Sues Mowi, World’s Largest Producer of Atlantic Salmon Products
Organic Consumers Association (OCA) filed suit against Mowi USA and Mowi Ducktrap for deceptive marketing and advertising of smoked Atlantic salmon products sold under the Ducktrap River of Maine brand.The action was filed by Richman Law Group on behal…
Read moreOrganic Consumers Assoc. Sues Smithfield for Misleading Consumers with False Claims of Superior Safety
The Organic Consumers Association today announced that it has sued Smithfield Foods for falsely advertising Smithfield pork products as the “safest” U.S. pork products.The complaint was filed on behalf of OCA by Richman Law Group in D.C. Superior Court…
Read moreNew USDA Report on Climate and Ag Misses Key Fact: Industrial Ag Contributes 44-57 Percent of GHG Emissions
Why Do the EPA and USDA Continue to Perpetuate the ‘9-Percent Lie?’FINLAND, Minn. – July 23, 2019 – Ronnie Cummins, co-founder of Organic Consumers Association and Regeneration International, made this statement in response to a report issued today by …
Read moreOrganic Consumers Association Sues Twinings Tea for False and Misleading Advertising
Nonprofit alleges Twinings’ false claims of “pure” and “100% natural ingredients” on products that contain unnatural herbicide and insecticide residues are misleading to consumers.WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 9, 2019 – The Organic Consumers Association (OCA…
Read moreOrganic Consumers Association Wins on Motion to Dismiss in Case Against Unilever-Owned Ben & Jerry’s for Deceptive Marketing Claims
Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today announced that the District of Columbia Superior Court rejected Ben & Jerry’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit OCA brought against the Unilever-owned brand in July 2018 under the District of Columbia Consumer Pr…
Read moreOrganic Consumers Association Sues Unilever-Owned Ben & Jerry’s Over Deceptive Advertising and Marketing
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today filed suit against Vermont-based Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., for deceptive labeling, marketing and sale of Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream products. The suit was filed in D.C. Superior Court un…
Read moreOrganic Consumers Statement on Recent Rulings Against Monsanto in Mexico
MEXICO CITY – On behalf of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) and its Mexico City-based affiliate, Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos, OCA International Director Ronnie Cummins issued the following statement today on the decision by Mexico’s agriculture sanitation authority (SENASICA) to revoke Monsanto’s permits to commercialize genetically modified soy in seven states, and a recent court ruling upholding a ban on the commercial growing GMO corn in Mexico:
“We are encouraged by these two decisions which reflect a growing trend in Mexico among government and court authorities of responding to the public’s demand to preserve Mexico’s hundreds of native corn varieties and rich biodiversity, and to reject Monsanto’s degenerative agricultural model that produces pesticide-contaminated food, pollutes waterways and soils and contributes to global warming.”
Standing Rock: Can We Bring the Buffalo Home?
We, living now, in the time before, have choices. We can remember what it is to be animals on this[…]
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