date:Sep 25, 2012
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The picture is mixed, said William Dance, LA-based attorney at law firm Tucker Ellis LLP.
For example, PepsiCo recently persuaded a judge in California to dismiss a class action lawsuit (Hairston v Gen Mills) alleging it misled consumers of its SoBe beverages by describing as all-natural beverages that contained vitamin C, B12, B6, B3 and B5 that were produced using a chemical manufacturing process.
In a ruling dated May 18, US district judge John F Walter said: No reasonable consumer would