Whole Foods Florida Suit Over Trade Practices Can Proceed
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A Florida judge allowed a lawsuit to proceed that claims Whole Foods Market Inc. violated the state’s deceptive trade-practices law by selling frozen vegetables from China grown in a polluted region by prisoners and certified as organic.
Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Amy Steele Donner yesterday denied the grocery chain’s motion to dismiss the suit filed on behalf of the Southeast Consumer Alliance Inc., a non-profit organization based in Boca Raton, Florida.