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January 21, 2025 - from Food Processing:
"Ultraprocessed foods are “industrially produced edible substances that are imitations of real food.” And you can blame them all on the 1980s tobacco companies.
"That’s pretty much the gist of a 148-page lawsuit against Kraft Heinz, Mondelez International, Post Foods, Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo, General Mills, Nestle USA, Kellanova, WK Kellogg, Mars and Conagra. They’re accused of designing and marketing ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) to be addictive to children, causing chronic disease.
"The lawsuit was filed at the end of December 2024 in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Bryce Martinez, a Pennsylvania resident who alleges he developed type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease at age 16 as a result of consuming those companies’ products.
"Morgan & Morgan, which claims to be “America's largest injury law firm," brought the case, calling it a 'first-of-its-kind lawsuit.' If those words are taken literally, it could indeed be the first of a spate of lawsuits of this kind.
"The lawsuit includes claims for conspiracy, negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation and unfair business practices. It seeks an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages."
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