SF City Attorney Sues Ten Ultraprocessed Food' Companies, Claiming Their Products Area Causing Widespread Disease

"It is very unusual that the San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, who spends a lot of time suing the Trump administration, would make his latest crusade a common goal he shares with the Trump administration's whackadoodle HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr. And that new common goal is an aggressive opposition to ultraprocessed foods. Though of course, the Trump administration also lavishing subsidies on the corn and soy industries that make these ultraprocessed foods,"

"These companies created a public health crisis with the engineering and marketing of ultra-processed foods, Chiu said in a Tuesday morning press release. They took food and made it unrecognizable and harmful to the human body. We must be clear that this is not about consumers making better choices. Recent surveys show Americans want to avoid ultra-processed foods, but we are inundated by them. These companies engineered a public health crisis, they profited handsomely,"

"The New York Times reports that Chiu is suing the nations' ten largest manufacturers of ultraprocessed foods, in a lawsuit just filed in SF Superior Court, though it was filed on behalf of the State of California. The Times says Chiu is suing because "cities and counties have been burdened with the costs of treating diseases that stem from the companies' products," and the lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages."

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed a lawsuit against the nation's ten largest manufacturers of ultraprocessed foods, seeking unspecified monetary damages on behalf of California. The complaint alleges engineered, ultra-processed products caused spikes in cancer and diabetes and imposed treatment costs on cities and counties. Chiu asserts companies transformed food into harmful, unrecognizable products and profited while inundating consumers who aim to avoid such foods. The lawsuit names major brands including Kraft Heinz and Mondelez and frames the issue as corporate responsibility for a public health crisis rather than individual consumer choice.

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