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ARTICLE · 10 DECEMBER 2020

Mixed Ruling In Online Retailer Liability Case Raises Important Issues

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Well, this is a food case with a lot of interesting stuff in it: weird food, retailer liability issues, Section 230.

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Well, this is a food case with a lot of interesting stuff in it: weird food, retailer liability issues, Section 230.  Lots to chew on (sorry).

The case involves a product called Better Than Pasta, which the plaintiff purchased on Amazon.  The product is a pasta substitute and its primary ingredient is a root plant called konjac which, when consumed, swells from its original size in the human digestive tract and can cause choking and intestinal blockage.  These dangers are "generally well-known" and have led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other food safety regulatory bodies in Canada and Europe to ban certain foods containing konjac or issue warnings about its risks.

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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