Posted at 12:18 p.m., Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Costco's organic milk challenged in lawsuit
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Costco Wholesale Corp. was sued by an Illinois resident who claims the largest U.S. warehouse retailer sells milk it labels as organic, even though it comes from cows raised in conventional dairies, Bloomberg News reported.There's nothing organic about Costco milk marketed under the Kirkland and Wilcox brands, lawyers for Channing Hesse said in a suit filed Dec. 10 in Seattle federal court, Bloomberg said.
The milk comes from a dairy that's violated several organic certification rules imposed by the Food and Drug Administration, according to the complaint.
