{"id":3375,"date":"2019-04-01T17:03:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T22:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/?p=3375"},"modified":"2019-04-21T18:16:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T23:16:07","slug":"non-profits-sue-panera-bread-for-deceptive-marketing-of-foods-as-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/non-profits-sue-panera-bread-for-deceptive-marketing-of-foods-as-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonprofits Sue Panera Bread for Deceptive Marketing of Foods as \u2018Clean’"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Media contacts:
\nJaclyn Bowen: 734-678-9871, JBowen@CleanLabelProject.org<\/a>
\nDiana Reeves: 347-921-1466, info@gmofreeusa.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Nonprofits Sue Panera Bread for Deceptive Marketing of Foods as \u2018Clean’ <\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2019<\/strong>\u2014<\/strong>Nonprofits Clean Label Project and GMO Free USA filed a lawsuit against Panera Bread for deceptive marketing and sale of certain bread products, sandwiches and other goods as \u201cclean,\u201d after products tested positive for contaminants including glyphosate<\/a>, the main ingredient in Bayer\u2019s Roundup weed killer. The lawsuit charges that Panera exploits consumers\u2019 preferences and willingness to pay more for products marketed as \u201cclean.\u201d<\/p>\n

This lawsuit comes on the heels of GMO Free USA\u2019s glyphosate in restaurant foods report.<\/a> Certain Panera samples contained the highest glyphosate levels of fifteen restaurants tested.<\/p>\n

The National Restaurant Association \u201cTop 10 Concept Trends of 2018\u201d survey<\/a> of 700 chefs ranked \u201cnatural ingredients\/clean menus\u201d as a top three consumer dining trend. Restaurateurs are aware that the general public is increasingly seeking out healthy foods, free from unnatural ingredients and synthetic chemicals.<\/p>\n

\u201cPanera has invested heavily in a campaign, convincing consumers that their food is \u2018clean.\u2019 Reasonable consumers would expect that Panera\u2019s food would be glyphosate-free,\u201d said Jaclyn Bowen, executive director of Clean Label Project.<\/p>\n

Last week a federal civil jury ordered<\/a> Monsanto to pay more than $80 million in damages to Edwin Hardeman over his claim that the weed killer Roundup caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma after decades of use. This was the second jury to rule against Bayer<\/a> in a Roundup cancer lawsuit. More than 11,200 cancer cases await trials.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlyphosate is a patented chelator, antibiotic, and is linked to serious adverse health effects including cancer, infertility, and non-alcoholic fatty liver and kidney diseases. Glyphosate shouldn\u2019t be present in the food system. A company that willfully misrepresents its products as \u2018clean\u2019 must be held accountable,\u201d said Diana Reeves, executive director of GMO Free USA.<\/p>\n

The Panera suit, filed under the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act by the nonprofits\u2019 counsel Richman Law Group<\/a> and Children\u2019s Health Defense<\/a>, seeks to end Panera\u2019s deceptive business practices by requiring full disclosure of contaminants present in their \u201cclean\u201d products and\/or a reformulation of their products to match their marketing.<\/p>\n

Read the full complaint HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Clean Label Project<\/em><\/a> is a national nonprofit with the mission to bring truth and transparency to consumer product labeling through data, science, and education. <\/em><\/p>\n

GMO Free USA<\/em><\/a> is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocating for a clean, healthy food system and educating consumers about the hazards of GMOs and synthetic pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contacts: Jaclyn Bowen: 734-678-9871, JBowen@CleanLabelProject.org Diana Reeves: 347-921-1466, info@gmofreeusa.org Nonprofits Sue Panera Bread for Deceptive Marketing of Foods as \u2018Clean’ WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2019\u2014Nonprofits Clean Label Project and GMO Free USA filed a lawsuit against Panera Bread for deceptive marketing and sale of certain bread products, sandwiches and other goods …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post","6":"category-press-releases","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3375"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3384,"href":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3375\/revisions\/3384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toxinfreeusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}