A class action lawsuit has been filed against a juice company for failure to disclose on its labels that its cold-pressed juices are also high pressured processed (HPP).

Plaintiff Josh Berger has filed a proposed class action lawsuit in New York against Forager Project, the maker of cold-pressed vegetable juices. In his lawsuit, Berger alleges that because the label references the first part of processing (cold-pressed), it should also note that the juices are then subject to HPP, a form of pasteurization that utilizes high pressure to reduce the microbial content. All juices sold in grocery stores are required to be pasteurized – including cold-pressed juices — and Forager’s website references its use of HPP in its processing.

Forager declined to comment on the lawsuit. According to news reports, other lawsuits filed by Berger’s attorneys for failure to disclose the use of HPP have been dismissed in previous years.

—Source: foodnavigator-USA.com