Big Food : Part I

The lawyers who took on the big US tobacco companies, and won :

have now set their sights on the food industry.

Don Barrett likes his opponents powerful, and rich.

"We're not saying the food industry is the same as the tobacco industry that kills

500,000 Americans a year, but we are saying there is an epidemic of obesity

that is affecting the overall health of the American people."

For nearly a decade, US lawyers have pursued a variety of approaches

to try to persuade fast food chains to produce healthier, more nutritious food,

but these are being seen as some of the most aggressive :

despite the simplicity of their approach !

The case against Big Food :

Companies are misrepresenting their products, promoting them as "natural"

or "healthy", when in fact :

they are no such thing............. :angry:

" To have free choice you have to have accurate information.

That means Big Food :

the food companies, have to start telling the truth about what's in their product.

The law requires it.".......

Two thirds of Americans over the age of 20 are now obese or overweight  ::redcard::

                               

"One parallel is that the American people assume that if a product is legal to sell

then these people are telling the truth about this product.

If it's legal to sell, it must be ok,

otherwise the government would have done something about it.

And that's what they thought about cigarettes."........ ::redcard::

"Evaporated cane juice !

If you live in Guyana  :wink: , you understand what that is, that's Sugar..... ::lol:: ::lol::

The laws have been there for ever.

And they're very clear.

You cannot call product by a euphemism."