Consumer Rights
Advocate Capital: Public Justice Files a Lawsuit Against Smithfield Foods
The Food & Water Watch, represented by Public Justice, recently filed a lawsuit against Smithfield Foods. Public Justice filed the lawsuit alleging the meat processing company lied to consumers during the…
CNN: Advocacy group accuses Smithfield Foods of falsely warning of meat shortages
New York (CNN Business) Smithfield Foods, one of the country’s top meat processors, has been sued by a consumer advocacy group, which alleges that Smithfield misled the public when it…
Bloomberg: Smithfield Sued for Profiting From Covid-Led Meat Shortage Fears
A consumer advocacy group is suing Smithfield Foods Inc. for allegedly fueling fears of a meat shortage during the pandemic to boost demand and prices for its products.
New York Times: Smithfield Foods is sued by an advocacy group claiming it stoked fears of meat shortages.
Smithfield Foods was one of the first companies to warn that the country was in danger of running out of meat as coronavirus infections ripped through processing plants in April 2020 and…
Smithfield Lied to the Public at the Expense of Workers’ Lives, New Lawsuit Alleges
Last week, Food & Water Watch, represented by Public Justice, filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia against Smithfield Foods, alleging that the multinational meat…
Una Nueva Demanda Alega que Smithfield le Mintió al Público a Costa de las Vidas de los Trabajadores
La organización Food & Water Watch, representada por Public Justice presentó la semana pasada una demanda ante la Corte Superior del Distrito de Columbia contra Smithfield Foods, alegando que la…
Why I’m Not Always Over The Moon For Meatless Meat
Few industries rival the devastation of industrial animal agriculture. It is a major driver of climate change, the leading cause of surface water pollution, and the basis of antibiotic resistance…
Freedom of Information Act (Public Justice Foundation et al. v. Farm Service Agency)
FarmSTAND (formerly the Food Project at Public Justice), Animal Legal Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, and Food and Water Watch sued the Farm Service Agency…
Iowa Capital Dispatch: Iowa’s ‘ag gag’ has stifled investigations, despite pending court challenges
The legality of Iowa’s controversial “ag gag” law, designed to block undercover investigations at agricultural facilities, could soon be decided by a federal judge.