A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a class action lawsuit against Whole Foods Market California that accused it of mislabeling several food products as natural when they contain artificial ingredients.
Judge Edward J. Davila of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose denied Whole Foods motion in part by finding that state law claims are not preempted by national regulation as argued by Whole Foods. Read the court’s order in Pratt v. Whole Foods, filed on March 31, here, which granted in part and denied in part Whole Foods’ motion to dismiss.
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