October 14, 2014
Perdue Farms Inc. agreed Monday to settle two proposed class actions in New Jersey and Florida alleging the chicken processor falsely claimed chicken sold under one of its brands was humanely raised, days after Kroger Co. reached a similar deal in a California suit.
April 01, 2013
A New Jersey federal judge on Sunday rejected Perdue Farms Inc.'s bid to dismiss a putative consumer class action over its marketing of factory-farmed chicken products as humane, finding the plaintiffs had corrected pleading flaws that sunk an earlier complaint.
November 30, 2011
A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a putative class action accusing Perdue Farms Inc. of misleading consumers by advertising factory-farmed chicken products as humane, saying that the plaintiffs lacked standing on certain claims and that others were insufficiently pled.