Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Kroger Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 25, 2013No. B242405PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EPSTEIN, P. J.
The issue in this case is whether products produced by defendant Challenge Dairy Products, Inc., and sold by defendant The Kroger Corporation in its supermarkets, which combine butter with canola oil or olive oil, are mislabeled under state and federal law. In her opening brief, plaintiff Mary L. Simpson claims the products are not “butter” and that they were mislabeled in violation of federal and state law by being labeled “spreadable butter with” either canola oil or a combination of canola and olive oil. In her reply brief, plaintiff changes her theory and asserts that…
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