Lawsuit Alleges Retailers Sold Milk Falsely Labeled Organic
8:02 AM ET - Dow Jones News
SEATTLE ( AP ) Some of the nation's largest retailers and grocery chains sold milk labeled "organic" that was not truly organic, recently filed lawsuits allege.
The federal complaints focus on the sale of milk from Boulder, Colo.-based Aurora Organic Dairy, which recently agreed to change its practices after the U.S. Department of Agriculture found more than a dozen violations of organic standards.
The lawsuits allege that Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST), Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Inc., Target Corp. (TGT), Safeway Inc. and Wild Oats Markets Inc. sold Aurora's milk under their own in-house brand names.
The brands include Costco's Kirkland and Target's Archer Farms, and the milk was sold in cartons marked "USDA organic," typically with pictures of pastures or other bucolic scenes, the lawsuits allege.
"That's not even close to the reality of where this milk was coming from," said Steve Berman, a Seattle lawyer whose firm is among those suing. "These cows are all penned in factory-confinement conditions."
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