Pet Food Class Action Over ‘No Preservatives’ Claim Partly Dismissed

( March 10, 2026, 1:41 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California federal judge on March 9 granted in part and denied in part a pet food company’s motion to dismiss a putative class action against it for allegedly falsely labeling its pet food products as containing no preservatives in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), finding that the plaintiff’s claims in general were sufficient but dismissing her omission-based and punitive damages claims....