Oreo Lawsuit- Cool!

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Tuesday, May 20, 2003 11:05 PM

Oreo Lawsuit-Cool

 

 

 

Trans fat lawsuit May 15, 2003

 

UPDATED PRESS RELEASE FROM STEPHEN JOSEPH

 

OF

 

BANTRANSFATS.COM

 

I am pleased to announce that we are voluntarily dismissing the Oreo lawsuit.

The factual and legal basis for the lawsuit when it was filed was that the

American people did not know about trans fat. At best, perhaps 10-15 percent

knew. The American people were being kept in the dark by the food

manufacturers. The word “trans fat” is not even on food labels. That was then.

This is now.

 

After three days of incredible national publicity, everyone in America knows

about trans fats, and if anybody doesn’t, I don’t know where on earth they’ve

been hiding. The factual and legal basis for the lawsuit has totally

disappeared. I certainly could not tell a court now that nobody knows about

trans fat.

 

Here is an e-mail that I received from a lady that made me realize that the

lawsuit had been successful, and that it was no longer necessary:

 

“You have me reading labels! I picked up only two out of many boxes of

children’s cereal’s yesterday in the grocery store, and two of them contained

partially hydrogenated soybean oil – also saw it in Cool Whip and Nestles

instant hot chocolate. My God there’s a monster out there. My husband came

home with a package of Chips Ahoy “Light” cookies, and I grabbed them and read

the label. You guessed it – they have partially hydrorogenated oils!”

 

Did that lady have a right to know? Or would you have preferred Kraft and the

other food manufacturers to have kept her totally in the dark? Here's another

one:

 

“I was unaware of trans fats myself. I have always been a label reader but

never knew to look for hydrogenated oils as a substance to avoid. It is scary

to think how long I have been consuming trans fat against my will.”

 

And another from a young girl:

 

" My name is -------. I read about trans fats on msn today. I thank you for

warning me about them. I love Oreos but I see your point. They should cut out

trans fat. I may be only fourteen but I feel I can make a difference by telling

people in the small town I live in about trans fats. I never have heard of them

until today, May 14, 2003. I wish you good luck on your law suit and see your

purpose. I really don't have time for a phone call but I check my email a lot,

my email address is -----------. Thank you, and Good Luck!!! "

 

I have received thousands of similar e-mails.

 

It is just great that Kraft has now announced in response to the lawsuit that it

is “actively exploring ways to reduce trans fats in Oreo.” Kraft is accepting

that there is a problem that must be solved. Good. Hopefully, we will see a

trans fat-free version of the Oreo soon, so that those of us who love Oreos (I

really do) don’t have to eat unsafe trans fats to enjoy them. We have that

right, don’t we? Kraft should give us all a choice.

 

It's now up to each food manufacturer to decide how to respond to the new public

awareness of the existence and danger of trans fats. Let’s hope that they

respond responsibly.

 

No money was ever requested in the lawsuit. There is no greed factor. No one

has made a penny out of it. And it did not cost one penny of taxpayers' money.

 

Incidentally, I am generally against lawsuits against food manufacturers, and I

am certainly against the MacDonald’s case which I think is totally ridiculous.

I've said that over and over again this week. Everyone knows that fast food is

unhealthy and they have to be responsible for their own actions.

 

Trans fat was a unique situation, because so few people knew about it, it isn’t

on the label, Kraft was opposing trans fat labeling saying it would be

“confusing,” and the FDA says that we should eat none of it.

 

There should be no more trans fat lawsuits, because everyone now knows about it,

and if anyone files one they should consider me to be an opponent. The

existence and danger of trans fats is now common knowledge as a result of the

last three days of publicity and as far as I am concerned there is no longer any

basis for suing anyone.

 

And to those of you who thought I was infringing your freedom, remember, when

the facts are suppressed you have no freedom. You had a right to know about

trans fats, and now you do. What you do with the information is entirely your

concern. If you knowingly want to continue to eat trans fats, enjoy!

 

Thank you to all of our supporters, each and every one of you. We made a

difference. A big difference. And thanks Kraft for working on a trans fat-free

version of the Oreo. I hope that I get to taste the first one.

 

 

 

 

 

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