Final week, main meals and beverage corporations and commerce associations wrote a letter to Congress urging them to cease the proliferation of hashish merchandise that mimic their manufacturers. The businesses say that the “copycat THC edible merchandise create dangers for kids and have to be stopped.”
Within the letter, the businesses contend that “Kids are more and more threatened by the unscrupulous use of well-known model logos, characters, emblems, and commerce gown on THC-laced edible merchandise.” The letter options photographs of the manufacturers usually infringed on, together with Trix cereal, Cheetos, and Oreo.
“Whereas hashish (and incidental quantities of THC) could also be authorized in some states, using these well-known marks, clearly with out approval of the model homeowners, on meals merchandise has created critical well being and security dangers for customers, notably youngsters, who can’t inform the distinction between these manufacturers’ true merchandise and copycat THC merchandise that leverage the model’s fame for revenue. Whereas legislation enforcement focuses on addressing unlawful gross sales, this unscrupulous observe has identified a spot in current legislation – the widespread on-line sale of packaging that leverages these well-known manufacturers.” – Letter through the Client Manufacturers Affiliation, April 27, 2022
The businesses name on Congress to amend the SHOP SAFE Act to incorporate protections for well-known marks. The laws at the moment seeks to create legal responsibility for digital commerce platforms for promoting, sale, or distribution of products with counterfeit marks that “implicate well being and security.” The manufacturers say the THC copycat manufacturers “clearly” fall below the purview of the invoice’s well being and security provisions.
The signatories embrace Submit Client Manufacturers, LLC, Kellogg Firm, PepsiCo, Inc., Normal Mills, Mondelēz Worldwide, Inc., and several other trade associations.
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