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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 KELLY EFFINGER, et al., Case No. 22-cv-03596-RS Plaintiffs, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO

ANCIENT ORGANICS LLC, DISMISS

13 Defendant.

15 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs bring this putative food mislabeling class action against Defendant Ancient Organics, a California corporation that makes and sells ghee, a clarified butter product. The operative First Amended Class Action Complaint (“FACAC”) avers violations of California consumer protection law on the theory that Defendant’s label led consumers to believe the ghee was healthy when, in fact, it contains dangerously high levels of saturated fats. Defendant has moved to dismiss on several grounds, and the motion was submitted without oral argument. See Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons discussed below, the motion is granted in part and denied in part. II. BACKGROUND1 …