Opinion ID: 6321113
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Heading: Standing To Pursue BPA-Related Claims

Text: Because the second amended complaint did not allege that Plaintiffs had purchased dog food that contained BPA, the district court dismissed the BPA-related claims for lack of standing. D. Ct. Order of Dec. 22, 2020, at 13 (citing Wallace v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., 747 F.3d 1025, 1030 (8th Cir. 2014) (holding that plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge claim that Hebrew National hot dogs are “100% kosher” because plaintiffs did not allege “that all or even most Hebrew National products were not kosher, which means the particular packages of processed beef they purchased may have been . . . prepared in accordance with minimum kosher standards”)). Plaintiffs did not address standing in their opening brief on appeal, and their reply brief argues only that they have “standing to assert claims related to heavy metals.” Reply Br. 21. Plaintiffs have not challenged the district court’s determination that they lacked standing to claim that Champion misrepresented that “the dog food is BPA-free or that Champion manufactures the dog food in a way that eliminates any risk of BPA contamination,” D. Ct. Order of Dec. 22, 2020, at 13, and so we will not consider reversing that determination on appeal. See Osher v. City of St. Louis, 903 F.3d 698, 704 (8th Cir. 2018) (contention waived when not meaningfully argued in plaintiff’s -5- opening brief); see also Renfro v. Champion Petfoods USA, Inc., No. 20-1274, 2022 WL 453366, at  (10th Cir. Feb. 15, 2022) (“Plaintiffs could not have suffered any consumer protection injury if they had not purchased dog food containing the objectionable ingredients.”). Accordingly, we do not reach the merits of their arguments that the terms “biologically appropriate,” “fresh regional ingredients,” “delivering nutrients naturally,” and “nourish as nature intended” could deceive reasonable consumers because of the presence or risk of BPA in Champion’s dog food.