No Small Cages In Mass, And A Five-County GMO Ban In CA

From DLA Piper, an update on recent litigation and regulatory developments in the food and beverage industries. They include a voter-approved ban on GMOs in Sonoma County CA that makes for a connected five-county GMO-free zone of nearly 14,000 square miles – the largest such zone in the United States – and a putative class action targeting Krispy Creme for its putatively fruit-infused baked products (e.g. Glazed Blueberry Cake). Meanwhile, one more city may get on what’s turning into a beverage-tax bandwagon, while voters in Massachusetts overwhelmingly – by nearly 78 percent – passed a ban on small cages for pigs, calves and egg-laying hens, or the sale of products made from animals so confined. “Some media outlets,” the attorneys write, “are predicting a knock-on that will affect farms and grocery stores nationwide.”