Judge Dismisses ‘Worldwide Conspiracy’ Claims Against Foreign Honey Companies

( September 17, 2024, 2:55 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California federal judge dismissed with prejudice a complaint brought by three U.S. honey producers against importers, certifiers and packers of foreign honey for participating in an alleged “worldwide conspiracy” to sell inauthentic, adulterated honey products at low prices in the United States, finding that the plaintiffs failed to plead their fraud-based claims with sufficient particularity....