Champion Petfoods Defeats Fourth Deceptive Label Lawsuit Appeal

Champion Petfoods USA, Inc. shook off the latest appeal in a string of litigation related to labeling on its Acana and Orijen dog food brands.

Following in the footsteps of the Seventh, Tenth, and Eighth Circuits, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of misleading claims and omissions on the package labels in an unpublished summary order on Tuesday.

Kathleen Paradowski’s complaint, much like the others, said Champion failed to disclose that its pet food contained, or had the risk of, containing heavy metals and that packaging claims about natural ingredients ...