Reading Time: 2 minutes Bayer said on Friday it was again petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to sharply limit legal claims that its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, seeking to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages.
Bayer renews bid for US Supreme Court to curb glyphosate cases
Raising a stink: Spaniards sue state over pig farm pollution
Reading Time: 2 minutes Environmental groups and residents are suing the Spanish state and the region of Galicia in a landmark case over alleged decades-long mismanagement of pollution caused by intensive pig farming, activist charity ClientEarth said on Wednesday.
Bayer hit with $2 billion Roundup verdict in US state of Georgia cancer case
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bayer was ordered by a jury in the U.S. state of Georgia to pay about $2.1 billion (C$3.01 billion) to a plaintiff who claimed the company's Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the plaintiff's law firms said late on Friday.
Bayer tells US it could halt Roundup weedkiller sales over legal risks
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bayer has told U.S. lawmakers it could stop selling Roundup weedkiller unless they can strengthen legal protection against product liability litigation.
Syngenta, Corteva must face Arkansas lawsuit over pesticide programs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pesticide manufacturers Syngenta and Corteva must face a lawsuit from the state of Arkansas accusing them of suppressing competition for pesticide sales and keeping prices artificially high, a federal judge has ruled.
Lawsuit accuses major food companies of marketing ‘addictive’ food to kids
Reading Time: 2 minutes Major food companies, including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez and Coca-Cola, were hit with a new lawsuit in the U.S. on Tuesday accusing them of designing and marketing 'ultra-processed'; foods to be addictive to children, causing chronic disease.
Mexico’s Bimbo files $1.4 billion lawsuit against Maple Leaf Foods
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mexico's Grupo Bimbo has filed a lawsuit against Maple Leaf Foods and former senior executives of the Canadian company, it said on Friday, seeking more than 2 billion Canadian dollars in damages.
ADM accused of misconduct, lack of safety inspections after explosion hurt US worker
Reading Time: 2 minutes Archer-Daniels-Midland Co intentionally failed to test and maintain safety systems on its grain equipment for years, which contributed to an explosion that immolated a U.S. worker and put him in a coma last year, according to a lawsuit filed against the company.
McDonald’s sues major beef producers in US price-fixing lawsuit
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters – McDonald’s has sued JBS, Tyson Foods and other leading meat processing and packing companies for allegedly conspiring for years to limit beef supplies, boosting their profits while causing the fast food giant to pay artificially higher prices. McDonald’s said in a lawsuit filed on Friday in Brooklyn federal court that the meatpackers, also including Cargill […] Read more
Maple Leaf Foods defends against claims it used Canada Bread as a shield in price fixing investigation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Maple Leaf Foods says legal claims brought by Canada Bread in relation to an ongoing investigation into allegations of bread price fixing are manufactured and without merit.
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