Judge Partially Nixes Suit For Phthalate Contamination Of General Mills Products

( September 12, 2025, 11:05 AM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York has partially dismissed a lawsuit brought by consumers who contend that General Mills Inc. and Annie’s Homegrown deceptively marketed and labeled their Annie’s brand of macaroni and cheese products because they contain phthalates, ruling that the plaintiffs’ misrepresentation, breach of warranty and negligence per se claims fail but that claims for material omissions and unjust enrichment survive....