Judge Won’t Certify Appeal Over Nutrition Claims On Toddler Drinks

( July 9, 2026, 1:25 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge denied three food companies’ motion to certify an interlocutory appeal of the court’s denial of their motion to dismiss a putative class action accusing them of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by marketing their products for children under the age of 2 with nutrient content claims, writing that the issue of the adoption into state law of Food and Drug Administration labeling regulations has been addressed before and is not “a live dispute within the Ninth Circuit.”...