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San Francisco sues nation’s top food manufacturers over ultraprocessed foods (www.cnn.com)
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The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some of the nation’s top food manufacturers on Tuesday, arguing that ultraprocessed food from the likes of Coca-Cola and Nestle are responsible for a public health crisis.

City Attorney David Chiu named 10 companies in the lawsuit, including the makers of such popular foods as Oreo cookies, Sour Patch Kids, Kit Kat, Cheerios and Lunchables. The lawsuit argues that ultraprocessed foods are linked to diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease and cancer.

“They took food and made it unrecognizable and harmful to the human body,” Chiu said in a news release. “These companies engineered a public health crisis, they profited handsomely, and now they need to take responsibility for the harm they have caused.”

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[–] itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

This is another argument for having city run groceries. Can ensure that the food there isn't complete trash and also as locally sourced as possible. Don't even need to sue them, just put them all out of business because of their own greed. Worst case scenario they lower prices to compete.