By Lisa Heinzerling* As I have argued elsewhere, the transparency achieved by federal laws relating to food is only partial, and sometimes only serves to conceal a lie. If one wanted to see this principle in operation, one might turn to a recent federal district court decision from California. In Backus v. Nestlé, the court granted a motion to dismiss a state-law consumer protection complaint objecting to the use and labeling of artificial trans fats in Nestlé's "Coffee-mate" products. The …
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