"The lawsuit, lodged in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday, accuses 10 corporations of violating California laws on public nuisance and deceptive marketing. It alleges the manufacturers pushed products they know are harmful with marketing that ignored or obscured the risks similarly to how tobacco companies operate. "Just like Big Tobacco, the ultraprocessed food industry targeted children to increase their profits," a statement said."
"As ultraprocessed foods have proliferated, rates of obesity, cancer and diabetes have increased, the lawsuit claims. The city is seeking restitution and civil penalties to offset its healthcare costs. It also wants a court order prohibiting the companies from engaging in deceptive marketing and requiring them to alter their practices. It's the first time a US municipality has sued over claims food companies have knowingly marketed addictive and harmful ultraprocessed foods."
San Francisco sued ten corporations, including Kraft Heinz, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Kellogg and Mondelez, in San Francisco Superior Court, alleging violations of California public nuisance and deceptive marketing laws. The lawsuit alleges manufacturers engineered and marketed ultraprocessed foods they knew to be harmful, targeted children for profit, and obscured or ignored health risks similarly to tobacco industry tactics. The city links proliferation of ultraprocessed foods to rising obesity, cancer and diabetes, and seeks restitution, civil penalties to offset healthcare costs, and court orders to prohibit deceptive marketing and force changes to corporate practices. Researchers note no single agreed definition of ultraprocessed foods; typical examples include commercially produced breads, frozen pizza, hot dogs, candy, soft drinks, chips and sweets.
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