( October 17, 2025, 1:59 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Oct. 16 after a hearing adopted his tentative ruling and granted in part a grocery retailer’s motion to dismiss a putative class action in which a consumer accuses it of failing to disclose the presence of citric acid in products it manufacturers, dismissing the consumer’s nationwide class claims while denying dismissal of other claims, including violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL)....