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…
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Organic 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.”
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Read moreNonprofits File Lawsuit Against Sioux Honey Over ‘100% Pure’ and ‘Natural’ Labels on Products Contaminated with Glyphosate #Misleading
On November 1st, Beyond Pesticides and the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), represented by Richman Law Group, filed a lawsuit in[…]
Read moreDon’t Trust the Feds on GMOs, Pesticides and Chemicals #ChemicalAssault
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Read moreOrganic Consumers Assoc. Launches Consumer Advocacy Campaign Network in Mexico #Organic
The Organic Consumers Association announced the launch of its new project, La Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos (ACO), a Spanish-language online[…]
Read moreLetter from The Hague: The Long March #Climate #GMO #FairTrade
It was a long road that led to the Monsanto Tribunal and People’s Assembly in The Hague (October 14 –[…]
Read moreInternational Monsanto Citizens’ Tribunal Names New Judges, Announces Program and Registration #CitizensAgainstMonsanto
The organizers of the International Monsanto Tribunal named two additional judges and also announced the programs for both the Tribunal[…]
Read moreTime to Drive Factory Farmed Food off the Market #FactoryFarming #GMO
After a decade of exposing and demonizing Monsanto and genetically engineered foods, including an intense four-year battle to force mandatory[…]
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