September 15, 2025
A California federal judge on Monday denied certification to a proposed class of cookie buyers alleging that tree nuts were omitted from the English label of imported Japanese cookies, saying individualized questions about which consumers read, relied on and were injured by the mistranslation would predominate.
May 30, 2025
A shopper has urged a California federal court to certify three classes of consumers accusing a Japanese convenience store chain of selling snacks with dangerously mistranslated English labels that failed to disclose nut allergens, arguing common legal issues predominate because the company used "uniformly mistranslated" labeling across thousands of products.
November 13, 2024
A Japanese convenience store chain can't escape a proposed class action by a shopper who claims she suffered a violent allergic reaction due to its mislabeled cookies made with nuts, a federal judge has ruled, allowing the woman's claims that its other products may be similarly mislabeled.
April 13, 2023
A customer who triggered a worldwide recall on a purportedly mislabeled cookie and filed a proposed class action against the Japanese convenience chain that sold the item said Thursday her suit has to do with pervasively mistranslated ingredient labels, arguing against the company's attempt to dismiss the suit.
March 31, 2023
A Japanese convenience store chain asked a California federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action brought by a woman who claims she suffered a violent allergic reaction due to its mislabeled cookies, which contained nuts, arguing she doesn't have standing because it recalled the products.
January 11, 2023
A customer who triggered a worldwide recall on an allegedly mislabeled cookie has filed a proposed class action against the Japanese convenience chain that sold the item, saying the store failed to properly disclose the presence of tree nuts on its English labeling, putting lives at risk.