Anne Bucher  |  March 3, 2017

Category: Consumer News

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Nutrish class action lawsuitRachael Ray’s Nutrish dog food line is falsely labeled as “natural,” according to a class action lawsuit filed this week in California federal court.

Plaintiff Christina Grimm filed the Nutrish class action lawsuit Tuesday against Ainsworth Pet Nutrition Holdings LLC and several related companies. She accuses them of marketing Rachael Ray’s line of Nutrish dog food products as “natural” and having “no artificial preservatives” even though they allegedly contain synthetic ingredients and harmful additives.

According to the class action lawsuit, the packaging for Nutrish Super Premium Food for Dogs includes the following statements: “Made with simple, natural ingredients,” “No artificial flavors or artificial preservatives,” and “Natural Food for Dogs with Added Vitamins & Minerals.”

Grimm says she purchased at least four of the Rachael Ray dog food products, including Zero Grain – Grain Free Food for Dogs, Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe and three flavors of Nutrish Super Premium Food for Dogs. She claims she switched to Nutrish from her previous dog food because the products were advertised as being natural and having no artificial preservatives.

“Nutrish claimed on its webpage that every single one of these was natural and contained no artificial preservatives,” the Nutrish dog food class action lawsuit states. However, these products reportedly include artificial preservatives such as L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Menadione Sodium Bisulphate Complex, Thiamine Mononitrate, “natural flavors,” and caramel color.

“By deceptively marketing the Products as ‘natural’ and having ‘no artificial preservatives,’ Defendants wrongly capitalized on, and reaped enormous profits from, consumers’ strong preference for natural food products made free of artificial preservatives,” Grimm says in the Nutrish dog food class action lawsuit.

Grimm asserts she would not have paid as much for the Nutrish dog food, or she would have chosen to purchase different dog food products, if she had known that the Nutrish dog food products contained artificial preservatives and unnatural ingredients.

The products at issue in the Rachael Ray dog food class action lawsuit include a variety of flavors of Nutrish Super Premium Food for Dogs, Dish Super Premium Food for Dogs, Zero Grain – Grain Free Food for Dogs, Just 6 Food for Dogs, Nutrish Wet Food for Dogs, and Nutrish PEAK Ultra Premium Food for Dogs.

By filing the Nutrish dog food class action lawsuit, Grimm seeks to represent herself and a Class of California citizens who purchased any of the allegedly falsely labeled dog food products for household use since Feb. 4, 2010. She asserts claims for negligent misrepresentation, violations of the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, violations of the California False Advertising Law, violations of the California Unfair Competition Law, breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty, and quasi-contract.

Grimm is represented by Brian J. Robbins, Kevin A. Seely and Leonid Kandinov of Robbins Arroyo LLP, and Robert K. Shelquist and Rebecca A. Peterson of Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP.

The Rachael Ray Nutrish Dog Food Class Action Lawsuit is Christina Grimm v. APN Inc., et al., Case No. 8:17-cv-00356, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

UPDATE: On April 24, 2017, the maker of Rachael Ray’s brand of dog food “Nutrish,” argued that a class action lawsuit alleging the food is falsely labeled as “natural” should be dismissed because the label meets with all regulations.

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238 thoughts onRachael Ray’s Nutrish Dog Food is Falsely Labeled as Natural, Class Action Says

  1. Silvana Medina says:

    And I forgot to mention that my Emma a 9 year old American Pitbull
    Terrier keeps drinking lots of water and her stomach looks bloated I Believe this is the beginning of kidney problems and I can’t believe the Rachael Ray dog lover would allow this to happen to other innocent animals unbelievable she’s going to pay for this but no amount of money it’s going to change the damage that has been done to this innocent pets!!

  2. Silvana Medina says:

    My 2 America terriers pit bulls have been eating Rachel Ray Dry food
    Because of allergies and I thought
    Because it says only 6 ingredients and all natural they would do better they be eating Rachael Ray food for many years now and now I see ingredients that I can’t even read and understand in the food mix .Im so mad right now!! Rachel Ray is a millionaire and our pets are suffering because of her. She needs to pay for Lying to a precious pets. I’m wondering why my dogs are always so sick my female dog is losing all her nails her coat is itchy and her hair is falling off my vet bills are astronomical. My male dog has constant ear infections. And many other problem. The food is also very Expensive a 38 pound bag of the 6 ingredients it’s almost $40 OK!!
    Pay me back all of my vet bills and refund me over for each bag of Rachel Ray Food. And if anything happens to one of my fur babies because of all of the crap that’s in the food I will sue you to the end!!
    My Emma has been Deteriorating little by little and it has to be because of your food I can’t believe this is happening I’m glad I found out through this website thank you.

  3. Heidi Weber says:

    I fed my dog this dog food for years and just found out she also has elevated liver enzymes. We just switched. Could it be from the food? I see a lot of people commenting the same thing.

  4. Theresa Banks says:

    I fed my dogs her food, and the younger dog had a severe allergic reaction and had to be taken to the vet. Never again! I would like to join this class.

  5. Jeremy Vance says:

    I just spent thousands due to Rachel rays food causing my boxers to go into liver failure,

  6. Katherine says:

    My Aussie was put down earlier this year for a bleeding ulcer and liver enzymes through the roof, he’d eaten this food for the full year prior.

  7. Dianna Tabern says:

    We have been using the dog food for several years. We just found out that our dog has elevated liver enzymes and our pet care provider wants to do a biopsy.

  8. Patty Hughes-Harper says:

    How do you join lawsuit

    1. Betsy fischer says:

      I’ve been feeding my lab nutrish and she now has cancer. They operated but couldn’t get it all.

  9. Jasmine says:

    Both my dogs have gotten real sick. Hundreds of $ later in vet bills and changing food. I’ve never seen so much dog puke in my life.

  10. Patricia ryan says:

    I fed my dog Souix this dog food three times a day! I recently lost my dog due to cancer , she was my baby , I trusted in this food and Rachel ray , my dog was also as hers a a American pit bull rescue dog , my heart is broken ! I would like to know how to become part of this action suit to stop this from happening to any more babies!! Sincerely Patricia Ryan. Harleyryan412@Gmail.com

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