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Is Frozen Pizza Toxic to Children?
Nestle Sued for Trans Fat in Frozen Pizza
A $5 million battle over frozen pizza could heat up a California courtroom this week when a woman takes on Nestle over the company's pizza brands, claiming they are a danger to public health.
Nestle's DiGiorno, Stouffer's and California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizzas are under fire in a new class-action lawsuit brought by Katie Simpson of San Diego. In the lawsuit, filed Jan. 21, she argues that the company is "placing profits over public health" by not removing trans fat from its pizzas.
"Katie has two young children and she likes to make pizza for them, and all kids love pizza," her attorney, Greg Watson, told "Good Morning America."
"It shouldn't have a toxic food additive that's been banned all around the "world."
California, New York City, Philadelphia and other local governments have banned trans fat in foods served in restaurants. Trans fat, the common name for unsaturated fat, raises bad cholesterol and lowers the good kind of cholesterol.
But there are no bans on trans fat in packaged foods. The Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture only require that companies list all the ingredients on the label.
When Simpson was buying her favorite frozen pizzas, she says, she had no idea they contained what the suit calls "a toxic carcinogen."
"We want all the money they have ever made from the frozen pizzas," Watson said.
This is not the first trans fat lawsuit. McDonald's paid $8.5 million to settle two lawsuits in 2005 alleging the company misled consumers about trans fat levels in its food.
Some lawyers wondered whether this latest suit will be tossed out of court.
"It's clear that these companies haven't broken any rules," ABC News legal analyst Sunny Hostin said.
http://gma.yahoo.com/nestle-sued-tra...opstories.html
A $5 million battle over frozen pizza could heat up a California courtroom this week when a woman takes on Nestle over the company's pizza brands, claiming they are a danger to public health.
Nestle's DiGiorno, Stouffer's and California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizzas are under fire in a new class-action lawsuit brought by Katie Simpson of San Diego. In the lawsuit, filed Jan. 21, she argues that the company is "placing profits over public health" by not removing trans fat from its pizzas.
"Katie has two young children and she likes to make pizza for them, and all kids love pizza," her attorney, Greg Watson, told "Good Morning America."
"It shouldn't have a toxic food additive that's been banned all around the "world."
California, New York City, Philadelphia and other local governments have banned trans fat in foods served in restaurants. Trans fat, the common name for unsaturated fat, raises bad cholesterol and lowers the good kind of cholesterol.
But there are no bans on trans fat in packaged foods. The Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture only require that companies list all the ingredients on the label.
When Simpson was buying her favorite frozen pizzas, she says, she had no idea they contained what the suit calls "a toxic carcinogen."
"We want all the money they have ever made from the frozen pizzas," Watson said.
This is not the first trans fat lawsuit. McDonald's paid $8.5 million to settle two lawsuits in 2005 alleging the company misled consumers about trans fat levels in its food.
Some lawyers wondered whether this latest suit will be tossed out of court.
"It's clear that these companies haven't broken any rules," ABC News legal analyst Sunny Hostin said.
http://gma.yahoo.com/nestle-sued-tra...opstories.html
Under normal circumstances I would dismiss this as another dumbass California lawsuit trolling for a big Cash settlement from the Evil Corporation.
However, the FOOD POLICE aspect caught my attention. This woman is simply trying to take advantage of an activist trend that is growing in legal terms all over America.
Maybe we should take notice?
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Judge: "lady, go home and figure out how to pay Nestle's legal bills, because you are the loser. Dismissed."
Quick somebody tell her not to give dihydrogen monoxide to her kids, because it kills thousands of children a year!!!!!!
Quick somebody tell her not to give dihydrogen monoxide to her kids, because it kills thousands of children a year!!!!!!
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"We want all the money they have ever made from the frozen pizzas,"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frivolous_litigation