azcentral.com
By Liane Kufchock, Bloomberg
At least 15 lawsuits accusing Aurora Dairy Corp. and retailers of selling milk mislabeled as organic will be grouped together in a federal court in St. Louis, a panel of judges decided.
Target Corp., Costco Wholesale Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Safeway Inc., and Whole Foods Market Inc. are alleged to have sold milk [...]

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Seattle Post Intelligencer
By Gene Johnson
Associated Press Writer
SEATTLE – Some of the nation’s biggest retailers and grocery chains - Costco Wholesale Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp., Safeway Inc. and Wild Oats Markets Inc. - sold “organic” milk that wasn’t organic, according to recently filed lawsuits.
The federal complaints focus on the stores’ sale of milk from [...]

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Agency Fails to Take Enforcement Action against Industry Giants
Cornucopia, WI - The Cornucopia Institute sharply criticized the conclusion by USDA that an 8000-head factory dairy in Idaho was operating within the federal organic standards. Cornucopia had requested an investigation based on its site visit to the giant industrial-scale dairy, owned by Dean Foods, and [...]

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Just which attorneys will handle the lead case, and where it will be heard, could take weeks to decide
by Sustainable Food News
A judicial panel will consider a motion to consolidate six class action lawsuits filed this month against the nation’s largest producer of private label organic milk.
A class action suit filed by a single plaintiff, [...]

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Class Action Suits Seek Damages from Sale of Fraudulent Milk
ST. LOUIS, MO / DENVER, CO Acting on behalf of organic food consumers in 27 states, class action lawsuits are being filed in U.S. federal courts, in St. Louis and Denver, against the nation’s largest organic dairy. The suits charge Aurora Dairy Corporation, based in [...]

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