Mealey's (October 12, 2022, 2:28 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Two groups of consumers on Oct. 11 filed a consolidated appellant brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals challenging a trial court’s dismissal based on federal preemption of their putative class claims against two food manufacturers for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other state laws by allegedly mislabeling the protein content of certain food products....