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December 13, 2007

Class Action Lawsuits against Target, Wal-Mart, Costco, Safeway, and Wild oats

New development in the organic milk world.  From the Associated Press:

Lawsuits Allege Milk Wasn't Organic, by Gene Johnson

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., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp., Safeway Inc. and Wild Oats Markets Inc. sold Aurora's milk under their own in-house brand names.

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