Champion Defeats Pet Owner’s Appeal in Deceptive Label Suit

A pet owner’s testimony that the phrase “biologically appropriate” on a Champion Petfoods dog food label was misleading because the product contained BPA isn’t enough to sustain a consumer protection claim under Wisconsin law, the Seventh Circuit said.

Scott Weaver’s testimony that he thinks any level of BPA renders the food not biologically appropriate doesn’t show that a reasonable consumer would think the phrase means BPA-free, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit said on Wednesday.

And he didn’t offer any evidence that the low levels of BPA in some of Champion’s food renders it biologically inappropriate, the ...