North Carolina Hot Sauce Maker Denies That ‘Texas’ Brand Name Violates UCL

(November 14, 2022, 11:30 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A hot sauce maker based in North Carolina that sells its product under the “Texas Pete” brand name moved in a California federal court to dismiss a man’s putative class action accusing it of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by allegedly misrepresenting its product as made in Texas, arguing that its back label clearly states that the product is made in North Carolina....