In re Capatriti Brand Olive Oil Marketing & Sales Practices Litigation

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the Panel: Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, common defendant Kangadis Food Inc. d/b/a The Gourmet Factory (Kangadis) moves to centralize this litigation in the Southern District of New York. This litigation currently consists of two actions, as listed on Schedule A, pending in two adjacent districts.1 The eases in this litigation involve allegations that Kangadis misbranded its Capatriti brand of olive oil as “100% Olive Oil” when, in fact, the product contained an inferior olive-derived product known as olive-pomace oil, which is…