April 01, 2019
A California magistrate judge has kept alive a suit alleging Whole Foods affiliates have been selling foods containing allergens under a false hypoallergenic label, ruling that the court has jurisdiction because one affiliate runs Whole Foods' website, which serves the state.
June 12, 2018
In a putative class action brought by two women accusing Whole Foods of mislabeling products as hypoallergenic, a California federal judge Tuesday dismissed, with leave to amend, all of the defendants except for a California subsidiary, all of the claims by one of the women, and several of the named products which the remaining defendant did not herself purchase.
April 09, 2018
Whole Foods Market Inc. urged a California federal court Friday to toss a proposed class action over the grocery chain's "hypoallergenic" products, saying the statements on the two products actually purchased in California were not misleading and that the court lacks jurisdiction over most of the allegations anyway.