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	JURIST - Paper Chase: UK paper waives appeal of oil-for-food libel judgment favoring MP
		In January, the Telegraph lost its appeal [JURIST report] when a British appeals court upheld a lower court order [opinion text] requiring the newspaper to pay damages and legal costs to Galloway.
		The court found that the paper had libeled Galloway by suggesting he took money from former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein through the now-defunct UN oil-for-food program [JURIST news archive].
		After losing that appeal, the final option left to the Telegraph was to petition the UK House of Lords [official website] for an appeal, but in a brief statement issued on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the paper announced it would decline to do so.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2006/02/uk-paper-waives-appeal-of-oil-for-food.php (386 words)

	Food libel laws - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Food libel laws, also known as food disparagement laws, are laws passed in 13 U.S. states that make it easier for food industry interests to sue their critics for libel.
		In food disparagement cases, the accuser no longer needs to prove that the supposedly libellous statements are in fact false...let alone that the defendant knowingly spread false information.
		Proponents of food disparagement laws often cite the Alar "scare" as proof of the necessity of such laws, as farmers' protection against a loose-lipped public.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Food_libel_laws (357 words)

	Food
		Food science Food science is a discipline concerned with all aspects of land-grant universities.
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		Snack food A snack food is seen in Western culture as a type of food that is not meant to be eaten as part of one of the...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/food.html (1807 words)

	Meat Industry INSIGHTS News Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Food Lion attorneys told a three-judge panel of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that a Greensboro, N.C., federal judge erred in reducing the jury award to $315,000 after the jury verdict was handed down in 1997.
		Food Lion filed a civil lawsuit alleging fraud, trespass and disloyalty by ABC and the undercover reporters, who were hired by the grocery chain after falsifying information on their applications and later took hidden cameras into the stores.
		To win damages in a libel case, Food Lion would have had to prove that ABC hurt the grocery chain's reputation by airing a story that was false even though the broadcaster knew the story was false when it was aired.
	www.unc.edu /~haman/abclion3.htm (439 words)

	Take the gag off food safety issues
		The safety of food is mired in a deep, politically charged battle being waged on many fronts: in Congress, convincing legislators of the safety of many types of food and drugs; in the courts, silencing consumers from voicing opinions; and in the media, via huge advertising budgets.
		In the last half-century, the modern food purveyors have centered their efforts on the use of chemicals-many of which are harmful-to produce larger crops, plumper livestock and better textured and flavorful food with long shelf lives.
		Food libel laws have made a mockery of our rights to free speech and need to be quickly repealed.
	www.purifymind.com /GagOff.htm (787 words)

	Food Lion
		Food Lion is an uncomfortable bone in the throat of the UFCW.
		Food Lion lawyers would ask Rosen later whether anyone at the network "raised any question as to how two producers as far apart as these two were coming up with the same story idea?" No, Rosen said, "It was one of those coincidences." We find astounding his lack of editorial curiosity.
		Food Lion's initial impulse was to sue ABC for libel, given the distortions and inaccuracies that marred the segment.
	www.aim.org /publications/special_reports/foodlion.html (9262 words)

	Model Papers for Biweekly Project (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Common law libel was designed to protect people from others spreading lies about them, veggie libel laws also protect people from others spreading lies about their products, which has a direct effect on that person’s livelihood.
		In most veggie libel cases the activity is not intentional, but rather a slip of the tongue that the defendant could plead was not intended to cause injury.
		Libel is “an untruthful statement about a person, published in writing or through broadcast media, that injures the person's reputation or standing in the community.” Libel is a tort, and therefore, those hurt can bring these “Veggie-Libel” lawsuits to court and receive damages, which can be general damages, compensatory damages, and/or punitive damages.
	www.ssu.missouri.edu /courses/AgEc256/modelpapers2_W2005.htm (5427 words)

	Book Publishing & Food Libel Laws
		In those states a food critic may be held to legal account if he or she claims any "perishable food product or commodity" is unsafe for human consumption.
		Colorado’s law is reminiscent of 18th-century libel law: It subjects a publisher to criminal prosecution for disparaging food.
		That scientific evidence standard discourages many from saying or publishing almost anything about food absent tomes of the latest scientific evidence, which is quite often ambiguous, financed by industry money, and is sometimes in the sole possession of the industry bringing the lawsuit.
	www.cspinet.org /foodspeak/oped/nlj.htm (1004 words)

	Food Fright! Consumers' Perceptions of Food Safety Versus Reality (Restaurants USA, June/July 1998) \| Restaurants USA \| ...
		This food phobia can only be calmed through education, telling consumers about the restaurant industry's efforts to promote food safety and reassuring the public of each and every restaurateur's dedication to serving safe food.
		By now, the foodborne-illness hysteria has risen to the point where some states have had to institute "food libel" laws to protect their local industries, and reports of isolated outbreaks of illness are receiving national attention and causing fear in every state.
		Although the fascination with food safety has definitely raised public awareness about a timeless concern and probably has made consumers more cautious about their food-handling practices at home, the emphasis on this topic appears to be turning concern into suspicion.
	www.restaurant.org /rusa/magArticle.cfm?ArticleID=302 (2357 words)

	Libel Laws (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In order for a statement to be found libelous under U.S. law, it must not only be false and damage someone's reputation, but, in instances where public figures are being reported, it must also evidence what the courts have called "a reckless disregard for the truth".
		Blood libels are allegations that a particular group kills people as a form of human sacrifice, and uses their blood in various rituals.
		It is possible that the blood libels against Jews originate from this, as the Phoenicians were largely involved with building the infrastructure of the early Jewish cities.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/115/libel-laws.html (2063 words)

	MAY 98 - CORPORATE TRASH TALK
		Moreover, in most states that have enacted these laws, food critics must demonstrate that their claims are grounded in reliable scientific facts and data.
		Food disparagement laws are the "descendants of criminal sedition laws, which made it a crime to criticize public officials," says American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Ira Glasser.
		Judge Mary Lou Robinson threw out the food disparagement claim with a ringing, "It would be difficult to conceive of any topic of discussion that could be of greater concern and interest to all Americans than the safety of the food that they eat." And a jury rejected the cattle growers' common law claims.
	multinationalmonitor.org /mm1998/98may/corp2.html (1818 words)

	Free speech and responsible speech must be balanced - Opinions - 2-4-98 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Food libel laws represent protection for perishable food industries but may violate constitutional rights to free speech.
		Perishable foods are protected because unlike foods that are not perishable, they cannot be preserved during a public relations crisis.
		Issues like food libel laws can be tricky, and there is already speculation that this case could find its way to the Supreme Court.
	www.spu.edu /depts/falcon/archive/feb4-98/stories/balance.html (867 words)

	Farmers’ Right To Sue Grows, Raising Debate on Food Safety
		Though some publishers and broadcasters continue to put out new reports on food, other media companies, especially smaller ones worried about the high cost of defending a lawsuit, have stricken information from manuscripts, avoided certain food issues or, in one case, dropped a book project that was already at the printer.
		Food producers say they need protection against irresponsible claims, but critics say the laws cut off debate on evolving health issues.
		And in Ohio, where lawmakers passed a food libel law in 1996, some people who have spoken out on food issues in the past say they now hesitate.
	www.foxbghsuit.com /nyt060199.htm (1706 words)

	Online NewsHour: Oprah Winfrey Vs. The Beef People -- January 20,1998
		Are they fair to food safety laws or are they a tool to help food packagers and producers protect their interests.
		The food libel laws currently on the books in Texas and other states were triggered by a 1989 "60 Minutes" segment, "A is for Apple." It alleged that alar, a chemical used to lengthen the time that apples ripen on trees, could cause cancer, especially in children.
		But whether the new food defamation laws are a limitation of free speech remains to be tested.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/law/fooddef.htm (1639 words)

	Environment - #21 Apr/May 96 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But it is no joke in the 12 states that have recently passed "food disparagement" laws, also known as "banana laws." These gems of legislative lameness allow civil law suits for public statements suggesting that pesticides on food might just kill you someday.
		But with "food disparagement" laws sprouting like weeds across the states, agricultural and chemical interests may have an easier time dragging a public interest group into court and bleeding them to death before the group can defend itself on the truth of its statements or the unconstitutionality of the statute.
		When the ACLU asked a Georgia state court to strike that state's food disparagement law, the court refused to consider it until a group was actually sued under the statute.
	www.washingtonfreepress.org /21/Enviro.html (1411 words)

	Food Fights
		The first major suit brought under a food disparagement law was dealt a harsh blow Wednesday when a federal judge ruled the plaintiffs had not proven their case under Texas's False Disparagement of Perishable Food Products Act of 1995.
		Food producers argue that these laws will punish only uninformed, alarmist speech about food, but opponents argue that they chill protected speech.
		Of course, food producers have long discouraged the scrutiny of food production, using lawsuits against nosy citizens and food-labeling enforcers; the new food libel laws just take the tactic to the next level.
	www.motherjones.com /news/feature/1998/02/kretkowski.html (1349 words)

	Center for Informed Food Choices-Food for Health
		The food industry is increasingly on the defensive, with pronouncements of new "healthier" foods.
		The food industry is increasingly on the defensive as their unhealthy foods are being blamed for the obesity epidemic and other diet-related public health problems.
		In addition, Michele's in-depth articles on food politics demonstrate the excellence of her research and her commitment to inform the public on this important issue.
	www.informedeating.org /lectures.html (1081 words)

	Fast-food libel case slow going (Site not responding. Last check: )
		LIKE some of their customers perhaps, the burger bosses at McDonald's must be wondering what they have bitten into with their libel action against two environmental campaigners.
		In the splendid wood-panelled court, McDonald's is represented by a bewigged, leading QC and his juniors, with the support of a large firm of solicitors.
		This expense all stems from McDonald's claim that David Morris and Helen Steel, a former postman and gardener respectively, distributed leaflets allegedly libellous of the fast-food chain.
	www.mcspotlight.org /media/press/slowgoing.html (241 words)

	FIRST AMENDMENT COMMENTARY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Under the Texas food disparagement act, a person bringing the libel lawsuit must prove that the defendant knowingly disseminated false information about a food product.
		These food libel laws were created for one purpose: to intimidate critics, to shut them up.
		Food disparagement laws are undemocratic and clash with the bedrock concept this nation's founders gave us concerning the people's right to govern themselves.
	fact.trib.com /1st.lev.oprahwinsbut.html (1156 words)

	COURT OF APPEALS AGREES THAT OPRAH WINFREY DID NOT LIBEL BEEF (March 10, 2000)
		Texas cattle ranchers cannot recover damages for food libel based on an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show discussing "mad cow disease," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled.
		The act permits the producer of a perishable food product to sue for damages when a person knowingly disseminates false information stating or implying that the food is not safe for consumption by the public.
		The trial court had declined to address Winfrey's argument that the food libel statute is unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
	www.gannett.com /go/newswatch/2000/march/nw0310-5.htm (480 words)

	FIRST AMENDMENT COMMENTARY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Stifle all discussion about food processing, growth hormones and other chemicals used to produce larger crops or fatter livestock, pesticides and herbicides, genetically engineered foods, irradiating fruits and vegetables, questionable practices in feeding livestock, slaughterhouse techniques, pollution from hog farms.
		Under settled First Amendment law, to recover damages in a libel lawsuit, a public figure must first prove that the person who is accused of libel has made a damaging public statement that is factually false and did so knowing the statement was false, or with reckless disregard for its truth or falsity.
		Eventually, most of these food disparagement laws will be struck down, but not before they have endangered the health and nutrition of the American public.
	fact.trib.com /1st.lev.fooddisparagement.html (1000 words)

	Wolfson McLibel Article
		PET FOOD and LITTER McDonald's and Burger King are two of the many US corporations using lethal poisons to destroy vast areas of Central American rainforest to create grazing pastures for cattle to be sent back to the States as burgers and pet food, and to provide fast-food packaging materials.
		The pleasure of preparing healthy food and sharing good meals has a political importance too: it is a vital part of the process of ordinary people taking control of their lives to create a better society, instead of leaving their futures in the cynical, reedy [sic] hands of corporations like McDonald's.
		Neville Gregory is the Senior Research Fellow in the Division of Food Animal Sciences at the School of Veterinary Medicine of Bristol University; Advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Council of Europe and the World Society for the Protection of Animals.
	www.animallaw.info /articles/arus5animall21.htm (14279 words)

	freedomforum.org: Federal appeals court: Oprah guilty of melodrama but not libel
		The judge at the trial had ruled that the case could not be heard under Texas' "veggie libel" law, and was instead a conventional business-defamation case.
		The appeals court refused to rule on the scope of the "veggie libel" law, which was designed to protect food products from false disparagement.
		The three-judge panel of the appeals court said that Lyman's claims, which Winfrey described during the show as exaggerated, were based on facts and therefore could not be challenged under business-disparagement law.
	www.freedomforum.org /templates/document.asp?documentID=11053 (531 words)

	libel - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Phrases that include libel: libel and slander, blood libel, libel per se, food libel, food libel laws, more...
		Words similar to libel: defame, libeled, libeler, libeling, libelist, libelled, libelling, slander, more...
		This is a OneLook Word of the Day, which means it might be in the news.
	onelook.com /?w=libel&loc=wotd (311 words)

	Untitled Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In a 3-0 decision with Judge Edith Jones concurring the court said the food safety claims expressed by Lyman were based on facts and could not be challenged under business disparagement law.
		It was expected that the 1998 trial would be a landmark constitutional test of so-called veggie libel laws, which are in effect in 13 states, including Texas.
		U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson ruled that Winfrey and her co-defendants could not be sued under the state's food disparagement law, meaning the cattlemen had to prove that Winfrey deliberately or recklessly made false statements with the intent to hurt the cattle business.
	www.populist.com /00.5.krebs.calamity.html (1805 words)

	BBC News \| World \| Oprah food libel claim rejected
		The trial in Amarillo, Texas, was expected to be the first major test of so-called "veggie libel" laws now in place in 13 American states.
		She has ruled that the suit, now in its fifth week of trial, would be tried solely on business disparagement law, which means that the cattle ranchers will now have to prove malice on the part of Ms Winfrey.
		Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on BSE
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/57681.stm (378 words)

	Book Review - Food Politics by Marion Nestle
		Rather than compete with each other, she says, food companies encourage people to eat more, even though the key health issues facing Americans are degenerative diseases like diabetes and cancer, which require that we eat less.
		Nestle is at her most brilliant when dissecting the politically correct—and purposely misleading—language of the dietary guidelines that make up the infamous food pyramid.
		Food Politics is hardly complete—it does not address the array of issues mentioned at the beginning of this review, nor does it delve into the politics behind controversial nutritional subjects like pasteurization and irradiation.
	www.futurenet.org /article.asp?id=988 (761 words)

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