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Litigation

Nov. 6, 2015

Sugar vs. corn industry battle begins

A jury trial between high fructose corn syrup producers and the sugar industry began Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES - Opening arguments in a bitter battle between the sugar and corn syrup industries began Wednesday in federal court, with the plaintiffs accusing the corn industry of false science and false advertising.

W. Mark Lanier, the lead attorney for the sugar industry plaintiffs, painted the fight as one between sugar farmers and international corporations such as defendants Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and Cargill Inc. Western Sugar Cooperative et al v. Archer-Daniels-Midland C...

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