Attorney General of the State of New York v. Monsanto Reference : No description Complaint date : No description Status : Final judgment Place of jurisdiction : United States, New York Plaintiffs types : Local authorities Plaintiffs names : New York Attorney General, Dennis D. Vacco, Consumer Frauds and Protection Bureau, Environmental Protection Bureau Defendants : Monsanto Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : No description Case nature : Administrative Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup Requests : That Monsanto stops its misleading advertising. Name of the Court : No description Jurisdiction level : Decision date : November 1, 1996 Decision nature : Positive Decision content : Monsanto compagny accepts to stop using the controversial words in its adverstising in New York State but says that it disagrees with the General Advocate's conclusions. It accepts the assurance of dicontinuance in order to reach a reasonable agreement. Legal basis : Court Ruling : Link to the ruling Summary : In 1996, the Office of the Attorney General and Monsanto reached an settlement in which the company agreed to stop making unproven claims about the safety of Roundup products, which contain glyphosate. Monsanto published misleading and deceptive advertisements, claiming that glyphosate-based herbicides, particularly Roundup, were safer than table salt and virtually non-toxic to mammals, birds and fish. In 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James entered into a second settlement with Bayer and Monsanto (acquired by Bayer) for false and misleading claims regarding the safety of certain Roundup consumer weed killers, in violation of state laws against false and misleading advertising, and in violation of the 1996 settlement (for more see our summary, n°Assurance No. 23-025). Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : Press release, AGNY (June 15, 2023)