Posted on 08/06/2023 5:06:16 AM PDT by bert
On July 31, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong denied the motion to dismiss the lawsuit in a 20-page letter, saying that customers "could believe — erroneously — that the products originated in Texas."
"Though it is true that the imagery of the solo white star and lassoing caricature are not exclusive to the state of Texas, taking the imagery and text of the label as a whole, this argument does not discount the possibility that a reasonable consumer would believe that the products are based in or originate from Texas."
The class action lawsuit, filed on September 12, 2022, by Phillip White, claimed that he purchased a bottle of Texas Pete hot sauce for about $3 at a Los Angeles supermarket, believing it was produced in Texas, according to the complaint.
TEXAS PETE HOT SAUCE SUED AFTER CONSUMER LEARNS PRODUCTS PRODUCT IS MADE IN NORTH CAROLINA
After learning the hot sauce was made in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he claimed the company was using false advertising. He further claimed that he would not have bought the bottle or paid as much for it if he had known where it was produced.
"By way of its false marketing and labeling, [Texas Pete] knowingly and intentionally capitalizes on consumers’ desire to partake in the culture and authentic cuisine of one of the most prideful states in America," the complaint alleges.
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Yes I grew those too. I love them.
They have several names..
Nadapeno
Coolapeno
Fooled You Peppers
Just don’t mistake them for the Fresno Pepper.
One of my all time favorites is the Shishito pepper. Fry them up fresh and eat them like poppers.
Back when plus 20 years ago— best cakes ever had ever since came from a place in Ellicott City, MD and they were real chesapeake source. Huge simple cakes simple seasoned. 2 per dinner plate. With beer... heaven.
The Tabasco peppers are grown on the island but not enough. The peppers now come from I believe costa Rica which is said to have the same climate and growing conditions.
Avery Island is a gold mine. It costs $4.00 toll for the bridge. They farmed the peppers and discovered the farm sits ona vast salt dome. They mine the salt. Then, they drilled through the salt dome and struck oil. They now produce oil as well.
So many people came they developed a tourist park to see the wild life etc.
In the Tabasco plant parking lot there is a food truck serving up jambalaya and filet gumbo. It is just fantastic and well worth the $4.00 bridge toll
Remus and the tales are still revered by real Georgians.
Writer for the original Atlanta Constitution wrote the tales from his youth growing up with Remus. And disney— well... the talentless there destroyed the stories.
Jambo, bwana.
The girl who infiltrated our group was named Jamie...
Catching them is one thing... 😁
This does raise the issue of favorite hot sauces.
I like so many different kinds that I took a convenience store cardboard 4 cup holder, reinforced it with packing tape, and use it as a “condiment basket”, sometimes called a “table caddy” or other names.
Tabasco
Louisiana Hot Sauce
Trappey’s Red Devil Sauce
Trappey’s Peppers in Vinegar
Guacamaya Authentic Hot Sauce
El Pato Hot Sauce
Cholula Hot Sauce Original
Salsa Huichol Hot Sauce
Frank’s Red Hot Original
Valentina Salsa Picante
Tapatio Salsa Picante
Note: I have steered away from the many Habanero or stronger sauces out there. Ghost pepper is right out.
whoa...I thought it was buffalo meat...
It's a non issue and the citizenship of her parents is irrelevant.
Been discussed here ad nauseum and nobody has been able to explain how she was able to run for office, along with Bobby Jindal, if not for meeting the sole requirement of "Natural Born Citizen" which is clearly stated in the Constitution in its simplicity....which both are.
1) TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK NO NEED TO SHOUT
2) Get a sense of humor, you have to agree Harris goes to great lengths to appear more black than Tamil Indian.
3) Her Jamaican family was upper crust slave owners, not slaves themselves. She never lived the American Negro Life © one day of her life.
Thanks
Neither did Hillary Clinton. But listen to her lie.
While there is such a thing as a protected “geographical indication” under US and int’l trademark laws,
https://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/trademark-policy/geographical-indications
I don’t find any such protection for “Texas hot sauce,” (as there is for, e.g., “Champagne”, “Cognac”, “Parmesan cheese”, etc.) and the trademark in question here does not even call itself that - the word “Texas” is only used as part of a fictional character name.
The judge seems out of her depths.
The Senate does not require natl born citizen. The Presidency does— esp. if the VP is not. The VP can be VP, but NOT President. Period. Not this one.
Little rascals, native with bone in nose
You're right, it does not and I never made any such claim.
The Presidency does— esp. if the VP is not. The VP can be VP, but NOT President.
Not true, the individual running for VP MUST meet the same criteria as does the individual running for president.......
Per Article II, Section 1, Clause 5:
Prove me wrong........
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