USA OBESITY LAWSUITS
August 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
AN ASSUMPTION has been made by many in the past few months in the international food industry: the unveiling of so many new low-calorie and low-fat alternative food items must have something to do with obesity-related litigation lurking in the US.
In the last few months, several restaurants, snack-food makers and food processors have come out with more healthful fare than they usually market. Among those that serve up meat products, Kraft Foods - which makes Oscar Mayer cold cuts - said in July that it planned to reduce portion sizes and cut the ...
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