McDonald's hit with fat lawsuit
Public interest group says fast-food chain broke promise to reduce fat used
to cook french fries.
July 9, 2004: 8:32 AM EDT

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A public interest group is suing McDonald's, charging
the fast food chain with false advertising due to its promise in 2002 that
it would cut the "bad" fat used in its cooking process.
The group BanTransFats.com, Inc., a California not-for-profit group, filed a
federal lawsuit in San Francisco Thursday, charging the company's delay in
its promised reduction of trans fatty acids in its cooking process
constitutes false advertising.

The group said it is not seeking any monetary damages.

Etc.

http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/09/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes

Dimitri

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
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> McDonald's hit with fat lawsuit
> Public interest group says fast-food chain broke promise to reduce fat
used
> to cook french fries.


If lawyers are going to sue over broken promises, they should start with the
politicians.

I'm no fan of McDonald's but this is just one more bogus lawsuit in a legal
system that has run amuck. Everyone who eats at McDonald's has ample
opportunty to know what they are getting.

"Sam D." > wrote in message
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>
> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > McDonald's hit with fat lawsuit
> > Public interest group says fast-food chain broke promise to reduce fat
> used
> > to cook french fries.
>
>
> If lawyers are going to sue over broken promises, they should start with
the
> politicians.
>
> I'm no fan of McDonald's but this is just one more bogus lawsuit in a
legal
> system that has run amuck. Everyone who eats at McDonald's has ample
> opportunty to know what they are getting.

LOL

The best line of the article is towards the end:

"The same group filed a suit against Kraft Foods (KFT: Research, Estimates)
in April, seeking a court injunction that it stop marketing and selling Oreo
Cookies to children in the state of California, until such cookies contain
no partially hydrogenated oil or other trans fat. "

"Sam D." > wrote in message
...
>
> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > McDonald's hit with fat lawsuit
> > Public interest group says fast-food chain broke promise to reduce fat
> used
> > to cook french fries.
>
>
> If lawyers are going to sue over broken promises, they should start with
the
> politicians.
>
> I'm no fan of McDonald's but this is just one more bogus lawsuit in a
legal
> system that has run amuck. Everyone who eats at McDonald's has ample
> opportunty to know what they are getting.

LOL

The best line of the article is towards the end:

"The same group filed a suit against Kraft Foods (KFT: Research, Estimates)
in April, seeking a court injunction that it stop marketing and selling Oreo
Cookies to children in the state of California, until such cookies contain
no partially hydrogenated oil or other trans fat. "

"Sam D." > wrote in message
...
>
> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > McDonald's hit with fat lawsuit
> > Public interest group says fast-food chain broke promise to reduce fat
> used
> > to cook french fries.
>
>
> If lawyers are going to sue over broken promises, they should start with
the
> politicians.
>
> I'm no fan of McDonald's but this is just one more bogus lawsuit in a
legal
> system that has run amuck. Everyone who eats at McDonald's has ample
> opportunty to know what they are getting.
>

Sheesh, what next? Cigarettes are bad for you? Alcohol kills brain cells?

Paul

"Sam D." > wrote in message
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>
> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > McDonald's hit with fat lawsuit
> > Public interest group says fast-food chain broke promise to reduce fat
> used
> > to cook french fries.
>
>
> If lawyers are going to sue over broken promises, they should start with
the
> politicians.
>
> I'm no fan of McDonald's but this is just one more bogus lawsuit in a
legal
> system that has run amuck. Everyone who eats at McDonald's has ample
> opportunty to know what they are getting.
>

Sheesh, what next? Cigarettes are bad for you? Alcohol kills brain cells?

Paul

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
>
> McDonald's hit with fat lawsuit
> Public interest group says fast-food chain broke promise to reduce fat
used
> to cook french fries.
> July 9, 2004: 8:32 AM EDT
>
> NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A public interest group is suing McDonald's,
charging
> the fast food chain with false advertising due to its promise in 2002 that
> it would cut the "bad" fat used in its cooking process.
> The group BanTransFats.com, Inc., a California not-for-profit group, filed
a
> federal lawsuit in San Francisco Thursday, charging the company's delay in
> its promised reduction of trans fatty acids in its cooking process
> constitutes false advertising.
>
> The group said it is not seeking any monetary damages.
>
> Etc.
>
>
http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/09/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes
>
> Dimitri
>
And lawyers wonder why they have a very deserved reputaion? I recently got
a letter that I was part of a class because I have replacement/damage
insurance on my cellphone. Someone didn't like the way some trivial part of
coverage was handled and brought suit. A law firm got it certified as a
class. The law firm "agreed" to accept $1,250,000 for their important work
and members of the class get a phone card valued up to $5.00 .

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
>
> McDonald's hit with fat lawsuit
> Public interest group says fast-food chain broke promise to reduce fat
used
> to cook french fries.
> July 9, 2004: 8:32 AM EDT
>
> NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A public interest group is suing McDonald's,
charging
> the fast food chain with false advertising due to its promise in 2002 that
> it would cut the "bad" fat used in its cooking process.
> The group BanTransFats.com, Inc., a California not-for-profit group, filed
a
> federal lawsuit in San Francisco Thursday, charging the company's delay in
> its promised reduction of trans fatty acids in its cooking process
> constitutes false advertising.
>
> The group said it is not seeking any monetary damages.
>
> Etc.
>
>
http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/09/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes
>
> Dimitri
>
And lawyers wonder why they have a very deserved reputaion? I recently got
a letter that I was part of a class because I have replacement/damage
insurance on my cellphone. Someone didn't like the way some trivial part of
coverage was handled and brought suit. A law firm got it certified as a
class. The law firm "agreed" to accept $1,250,000 for their important work
and members of the class get a phone card valued up to $5.00 .

Ridiculous,isn't anyone today responsible for their own actions? No
one held a gun at anyone's head to force them to eat there.We visit a
fast food joint once every five years.I know,i know,that's far too
often.

(T) wrote in message >...
> Ridiculous,isn't anyone today responsible for their own actions? No
> one held a gun at anyone's head to force them to eat there.We visit a
> fast food joint once every five years.I know,i know,that's far too
> often.

Honestly I do not think McDonald's is bad, if you eat the appropriate
sized portions and exercise on a regular basis you can eat whatever
you want. It is really silly how much people want to "blame"
corporations and do not want to take personal accountability for their
own actions.

becky wrote:

> Honestly I do not think McDonald's is bad, if you eat the appropriate
> sized portions and exercise on a regular basis you can eat whatever
> you want. It is really silly how much people want to "blame"
> corporations and do not want to take personal accountability for their
> own actions.

c'mon becky, you know as well as i do that people who over eat and become
obese do so at no fault of their own. its the evil fast food empires that
use subliminal advertising and supersizing techniques to lure unsupecting
people into a life of obesity. it has ablsolutely nothing to do with people
eating far too much and exercising far too little! the food is fat laden,
cheap and i suspect contains addictive drugs that makes people unable to
judge portion size and also probably contains other drugs to encourage
appetite. they should be litigated out of existence, unless of course if
they employ the same mind control techniques to make the population trim and
fit. thats it!#$% it's the fast food industries responsibility to improve
heath of the average citizen! **quiver** heh... i think i just had a sargasm
:-P

I think that by saying that a person can't help themselves and become obese
by eating lots of McDonalds and that it's somehow McDonalds fault is
rediculous. McDonalds never in any way advertised that their food was
particularly healthy merely that it tastes good. And if these people can't
make good decisions about what they eat then it's their own fault. Grocery
stores sell all kind of junk, should they too be sued for selling to to
people? What's the difference? The products are advertised all the same.

I refuse to believe that people are mindless sheep that simply eat whatever
is placed in front of them, and if they are then they have a problem.

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"becky" > wrote in message
om...
> (T) wrote in message
>...
> > Ridiculous,isn't anyone today responsible for their own actions? No
> > one held a gun at anyone's head to force them to eat there.We visit a
> > fast food joint once every five years.I know,i know,that's far too
> > often.
>
> Honestly I do not think McDonald's is bad, if you eat the appropriate
> sized portions and exercise on a regular basis you can eat whatever
> you want. It is really silly how much people want to "blame"
> corporations and do not want to take personal accountability for their
> own actions.

A.C. wrote:
>
> becky wrote:
>
> > Honestly I do not think McDonald's is bad, if you eat the appropriate
> > sized portions and exercise on a regular basis you can eat whatever
> > you want.

absolutely correct. Anything in moderation is good.

It is really silly how much people want to "blame"
> > corporations and do not want to take personal accountability for their
> > own actions.
>
> c'mon becky, you know as well as i do that people who over eat and become
> obese do so at no fault of their own.

Well, that may be a gross generalization.


its the evil fast food empires that
> use subliminal advertising and supersizing techniques to lure unsupecting
> people into a life of obesity.

In the same way that subliminal advertising gets people to vote one way
or another.


Supersizing technieques to lure is effectively marketing. The best
marketing technique is to tell
somebody it is a cost saving measure. Effectively they are removing the
service. That is why it is cost effective.

> it has ablsolutely nothing to do with people
> eating far too much and exercising far too little!

It may have.


> the food is fat laden,

Who knows? What does any of their food contain?


> cheap

Cheap because labour is cheap.

and i suspect contains addictive drugs that makes people unable to
> judge portion size and also probably contains other drugs to encourage
> appetite.

Who knows that the food cotains.


> they should be litigated out of existence, unless of course if
> they employ the same mind control techniques to make the population trim and
> fit. thats it!#$% it's the fast food industries responsibility to improve
> heath of the average citizen! **quiver** heh... i think i just had a sargasm
> :-P