In 2010, the Humane Society of the United States filed a lawsuit against Perdue for violating a New Jersey consumer fraud law by applying the labels "purely all-natural" and "humanely raised" to its products when reasonable consumers would not consider the conditions Perdue chickens are raised in “humane.” The Humane Society filed a similar lawsuit in Florida in April 2013 after an appeal by Perdue to have a similar case rejected was turned down by a federal court.
In 2010, the Humane Society of the United States sued Perdue for using "purely all-natural" and "humanely raised" labels on its products that did not reflect the actual living conditions of the chickens. A similar lawsuit was filed in Florida in April 2013 after an appeal by Perdue was denied.