IN RE PLUM BABY FOOD LITIGATION

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4

IN RE PLUM BABY FOOD LITIGATION, CASE NO. 21-CV-913-YGR

6 This Document Relates to: All Actions ORDER DENYING MOTION TO TRANSFER AND GRANTING IN PART THE

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT

OF INTERIM CO-LEAD CLASS COUNSEL Re: Dkt. Nos. 34, 70,

This consolidated action alleges, inter alia, consumer protection claims arising from a congressional report dated February 4, 2021, in which the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy found that many popular baby and toddler foods possibly contained excessive levels of heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury. Following release of the report, at least 80 actions were filed against baby food manufacturers, including defendants Plum, PBC and its then-parent company Campbell Soup Company. Five of those actions were: Ludmila Gulkarov, et al. v. Plum, PBC and Plum, Inc. (Case No. 4:21-CV-913-YGR); Vanessa…