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May 12, 1997 Congressional Attack on
Consumers' Right to Know
Apr 22, 1997 Federal Sludge Labeling Bill
needs support.
Aug 14, '97 Legal Settlement link
to Ben & Jerry's Clears Way For National Anti-rBGH Label
May 27, '97 disparagement laws A Put-Down
of Produce Could Land You in Court
May 21, '97 Dolphin Protections are lost
for sake of GATT
Jan 13, 1995 Clinton Administration Promises
to Support Biotech
Dispargement Statutes by state provided by Rutgers Animal Rights Law Center. Commerce Committee members.
May 5, '97 Food Abuse: Basis for Suits 13 states say you can libel a fruit; Oprah sued for knocking hamburger. National Law Journal.
Apr '97 Food-Tampering Bills Blossom On State Agendas. (Natural Foods Merchandiser)
Food Slander is now a crime. Earth Island Journal.
Genetic Privacy Bills Flood State Legislatures
America Needs A Law Prohibiting Corporate Donations by Jane Anne Morris
Seeds of Discontent by Vandana Shiva
Regulation of toxic chemicals in the U.S.
Glickman Appoints Agricultural Advisory Board Members
One of Pure Foods' Campaigns is to repeal the anti-free speech, anti-activist "food disparagement" or "food slander" laws which agri-business and the chemical-biotech industry have now passed in 13 US states.
Apr 29, '98- Veggie Libel Coalition Forms to Protect
Free Speech
June 19, '97 McLibel Trial Results (API)
May 27, '97 disparagement laws A
Put-Down of Produce Could Land You in Court. Washington Post.
May 5, '97 Food Abuse: Basis for Suits National
Law Journal. 13 states say you can libel a fruit; Oprah sued for knocking
hamburger.
Apr 29, '97 Food Disparagement Laws After
the Oprah Crash. (Village Voice)
Food Slander is now a crime. Earth
Island Journal.
Jan.-Feb. '96 Watch your mouth New laws
could gag critics of unsafe food. (Utne Reader)
Dispargement Statutes by state provided by Rutgers Animal Rights Law Center. Commerce Committee members.