Physicians Announce Lawsuits Against Major Food Companies and Dairy Groups Over False Weight-Loss Claims
Posted on: Monday, 27 June 2005, 18:00 CDT
News Advisory:
-- Suits Seek Immediate Stop to National Advertising Campaign
Media Briefing and Teleconference
Tuesday, June 28, 10 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) will announce two major lawsuits aimed at stopping a multimillion- dollar national advertising campaign claiming that milk and other dairy products facilitate weight loss. The defendants, who will be named at a news conference on Tuesday morning, include several industry trade groups and five corporations, including several of the nation's largest food companies. PCRM will also unveil a new counter- dairy advertising campaign that morning.
WHO: T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.: Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University and nationally recognized director of the China Diet and Health Study.
Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D.: Senior Nutrition Scientist, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Dan Kinburn, Esq.: Associate General Counsel, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Catherine Holmes: Plaintiff
Mindy Kursban, Esq.: Executive Director and General Counsel, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 28, 10 a.m.
WHERE: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC/ First Amendment Room
EDITOR'S NOTE: Two-way teleconference available.
CALL 888-243-1119 (toll-free) to log into media briefing.
Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine, especially good nutrition. PCRM also conducts clinical research studies, opposes unethical human experimentation, and promotes alternatives to animal research.
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Source: U.S. Newswire
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