A Rose by Any Other Name Is a Lawsuit: The Courtroom Battle over the Labeling Practices of Food Manufacturers

摘要

William Shakespeare once wrote: What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet Shakespeare, while perhaps the greatest writer in the English language, would never have made it as a lawyer. Because, as a recent litigation trend makes clear, what is in a name, what label one gives to describe an item, makes a huge difference, at least with regard to the potential liability of a food manufacturer.