Consumer Rights
Idaho Ag-Gag
In recent years, more and more state legislatures have – at the urging of lobbyists representing factory farm operations and industrial food producers – taken up “Ag Gag” laws that…
Bloomberg: Hormel Lawsuit Reveals What ‘Natural’ Meat Really Means
“It’s a massive attempt to manipulate and dupe the consumer to purchase something they have no intention to purchase,” said David Muraskin, a food project attorney at Public Justice.
A Sweeping Victory for Free Speech & A Stinging Defeat for Wyoming’s Ag-Gag Law
After years of litigation by Public Justice, a District Court in Wyoming struck down that state’s statutes, concluding Wyoming had “no plausible reasons for the specific curtailment of speech … beyond a…
Country-of-Origin Labeling (R-CALF USA v. USDA)
FarmSTAND (formerly the Food Project at Public Justice) served as lead counsel representing the nation’s largest organization of independent cattle producers, R-CALF USA, and the Cattle Producers of Washington, in…
Quesada v. Herb Thyme Farms
In this consumer class action, the plaintiffs alleged that Herb Thyme Farms, Inc. deliberately mixed organic herbs with non-organic herbs and sold them to the public as “100% organic.” Herb…