Suing Big Food Companies for Misrepresentation

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This chapter explores the concept of suing big food companies for misrepresenting their products and the challenges associated with it. It discusses examples of lawsuits filed against popular food brands and the changes these lawsuits have brought. The chapter also highlights the need for stronger enforcement and regulations to eliminate the need for such lawsuits.

Tostitos chips without real lime. Root beer made with fake vanilla. Instant mac and cheese that isn’t so instant. These products are among the hundreds targeted by lawyer Spencer Sheehan. We talked to him last year about why he wants Big Food to stop misrepresenting its products.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey with help from Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.

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