Litigation
Nov. 7, 2015
Ad campaign at center of dispute in corn vs. sugar
Plaintiffs allege that corn's ad campaign, which termed high fructose corn syrup "corn sugar" and touted its equivalent health impacts to sugar, is false advertising. The defendants have termed it an "educational campaign" to correct consumer misconceptions and are counter-suing, alleging a prior attack campaign by the sugar industry.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The evidence phase in the battle between the corn and sugar industries opened Thursday with the plaintiffs playing hours of video-recorded deposition testimony for the jury.
The plaintiffs - a group of sugar companies, farmer cooperatives and trade associations - opened their case with several hours of deposition testimony from Audrae Erickson, a former president of the Corn Refiners Associat...
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