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‘If all else fails, sue.’
This is an astounding new report.
We know that big food companies deliberately engineer and market unhealthy products so that we eat too much of them, too often.
And lots of you will have seen that this is why multiple lawsuits are beginning in the USA.
But what you probably didn’t realise is that it isn’t just people who are harmed by unhealthy food who are using the law.
The companies who make unhealthy food are doing it too. But on a MUCH bigger scale...🧵
theguardian.com/society/2026/j…
www.theguardian.com ‘If all else fails, sue’: how ultra-processed food firms are using the courts to obstruct health... Exclusive: Global investigation reveals 235 lawsuits have been brought against governments in five countries since 2010 This is an astounding new report.
We know that big food companies deliberately engineer and market unhealthy products so that we eat too much of them, too often.
And lots of you will have seen that this is why multiple lawsuits are beginning in the USA.
But what you probably didn’t realise is that it isn’t just people who are harmed by unhealthy food who are using the law.
The companies who make unhealthy food are doing it too. But on a MUCH bigger scale...🧵
theguardian.com/society/2026/j…
