Lawsuit targets Topco over micro-traces of glyphosate in ‘natural’ granola

Plaintiff Jason Scholder is taking on defendants Topco Holdings Inc. and Topco Associates LLC, the makers of Granola Oats, Honey & Almonds cereal sold under the Food Club brand.

Scholder says Topco has no business labeling this product as “100% natural” when it actually contains glyphosate, a purportedly synthetic substance.

According to Scholder’s Food Club granola class action lawsuit, glyphosate is “a synthetic biocide and probable human carcinogen, with additional health dangers rapidly becoming known.”

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Scholder argues that the presence of glyphosate in Food Club granola renders its “100% natural” labeling false and misleading. “No reasonable consumer, seeing these representations, would expect Topco’s granola to contain anything unnatural,” Scholder asserts.

He accuses the defendants of exploiting widespread consumer interest in food that avoids artificial ingredients. By labeling Food Club granola as “100% natural” when it actually contains synthetic ingredients, Topco can induce consumers to pay more for that product than they would have otherwise, Scholder claims.

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Read full, original post: Food Club Class Action Says Granola Can’t Be ‘100% Natural’ as Labeled

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