Class Suit Over Peanut Butter Labels Sent To Ohio

Mealey's (January 31, 2019, 11:45 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Jan. 16 granted a motion to transfer a class complaint over labeling peanut butter as “natural” to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio more than three years after the complaint was filed, finding that the convenience of material witnesses and the location of the decisions regarding the labeling weighed in favor of that decision (Graham Forsher, et al. v. The J.M. Smucker Co., No. 15-7180, E.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7892)....