Clean Label Project et al v. Panera, LLC

Reference :

2019 CA 001898 B

Complaint date :

March 22, 2019

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, District of Columbia

Plaintiffs types :

Consumer Protection Organizations

Plaintiffs names :

Clean Label Project Foundation, GMO Free USA

Defendants :

Panera, JAB Holding Company

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Kim E. Richman, Robert F. Kennedy

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Jury

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

Glyphosate, Piperonyl Butoxide, Captan, Flutriafol, Fludioxonil, Thiabendazole, Boscalid, Cyprodinil, Pyraclostrobin, Dimethomorph, Tetrahydrophtalimide, Fungicide

Requests :

A declaration that Panera's conduct is in violation of the DC CPPA; an order enjoining Panera's conduct found in violation of the DC CPPA, as well as corrective advertising; an order granting plaintiffs costs and disbursements.

Name of the Court :

Superior Court of District of Columbia, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

Clean Label Project and GMO Free USA sue Panera for misleading labelling, marketing and sale of products that are advertised as "clean" even though they contain pesticide residues.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.