Posted on 09/16/2004 12:37:41 PM PDT by Kennesaw
Racketeering (RICO) Charges Filed Against NutraSweet, Dr. Robert Moser of NS, American Diabetes Assoc and Monsanto - Press Conference, Sacramento, 9/16 A RACKETEER INFLUENCED & CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS [RICO complaint has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit charges the defendants with manufacturing and marketing a deadly neurotoxin unfit for human consumption, while they assured the pubic that aspartame (also known as NutraSweet/Equal) contaminated products are safe and healthful, even for children and pregnant women.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 16, 2004 -- A RACKETEER INFLUENCED & CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS [RICO complaint has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit charges the defendants with manufacturing and marketing a deadly neurotoxin unfit for human consumption, while they assured the pubic that aspartame (also known as NutraSweet/Equal) contaminated products are safe and healthful, even for children and pregnant women. Present Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is mentioned throughout the lawsuit.
As evidence, an explosive affidavit from a former translator for the G.D. Searle Co - the developer of aspartame - will be made public at a National Press Conference on Thursday, September 16 at 11:00 a.m. at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, 1230 J Street, Sacramento, California 95814, phone (916) 447-1700.
For 16 years, the FDA denied approval of aspartame because of compelling evidence of its contributing to brain tumors and other serious disabilities. Donald Rumsfeld, present Secretary of Defense in the Bush Administration, left President Ford's administration as Chief of Staff to become the CEO of aspartame producer G D Searle Co. in 1981. Shortly after, Rumsfeld became the CEO, and the day after President Reagan took office, aspartame was quickly approved by FDA Commissioner Arthur Hayes over the objections of the FDA's Public Board of Inquiry. Hayes had been recently appointed by the Reagan Administration. Shortly after aspartame's approval by the FDA, Hayes joined NutraSweet's public relations firm under a ten year contract at $1,000 a day.
Aspartame/NutraSweet was the product of the G. D. Searle Co. In January 1977, the FDA wrote a 33 page letter to U.S. Justice Department Attorney Sam Skinner: "We request that your office convene a Grand Jury investigation into apparent violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act." Skinner allowed the Statute of Limitations to run.
Three FDA Commissioners and eight other officers and Skinner took jobs in the aspartame industry.
The Food and Drug Administration once listed 92 adverse reactions from 10,000 consumer complaints and would send the list to all inquirers. In 1996 the FDA stopped taking complaints and now denies existence of the report. Seizures, blindness, sexual dysfunction, obesity, testicular, mammary and brain tumors and death, plus dozens of other dread diseases named in the suit arise from the consumption of this neurotoxin.
Defendant Moser, past CEO of NutraSweet, is cited for misrepresenting facts to public and commercial users with full knowledge of the deceptions. The toxin is sold to Bayer, Con Agra Foods, Dannon, Smucker, Kellogg, Wrigley, PepsiCo, Kraft Foods (Crystal Light), Conopco (Slim-Fast), Coke, Pfizer, Wal-Mart and Wyeth (to name a few), who use it in some of their products, including children's vitamins. These entities are named in other suits now in California Courts.
Defendant American Diabetes Association's mission is to care for diabetics. A 35 year ADA member, world famous diabetic specialist H.J.Roberts, M.D., discovered aspartame can precipitate diabetes and reacts harmfully with insulin. ADA rejected his report which was then published in a prestigious medical journal.
The seven count indictment includes charges for violation of California Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Fraud, violations of California Civil Code '1780-1784 and Injunctive Relief: that Defendants be enjoined from future use/sale of aspartame.
For more information or to request an interview, contact: Britt Groom, Attorney at Law Spokesperson for National Justice League 2205 Hilltop Drive #2022 Redding, CA 96002 Message or fax request to (530) 248-3483 (CA. No.)
Or email: info@nationaljusticeleague.net
Website: www.nationaljusticeleague.com/ Click to see lawsuit as filed: http://www.wnho.net/nutrasweet_company_lawsuit.htm
SENT AS A COURTESY OF: WORLD NATURAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION http://www.wnho.net - Click on Racketeering Banner
National Press Conference, Thursday 9/16 11:00 A.M. Sheraton Grand Hotel 1230 J Street Sacramento, Ca
Filed In: The United States District Court for the Northern District of California Plaintiff: Joe Bellon, individually and as a representative of a class of plaintiffs Damages $350,000,000
Click to see video: Rumsfeld/Aspartame http://www.soundandfury.tv/Pages/Rumsfeld.html
They must be kidding. Talk about your desperation tactics.
Oh that's a good one.. The Donald Rumsfield NutraSweet Conspiracy... Well anyway I drink Diet Rockstar... No Nutrasweet and the company is owned by Mike Savage's son so I know a trained herbalist had some input.
If true, they had 10,000 complaints (nice, round number) and only 92 adverse reactions? Seems to me that's pretty good. I'll bet that out of 10,000 complaints about bottled water you get more than 92 adverse reactions.
Of course, it's Bush's fault.
NutraSweet is the nastiest substance I've ever had that claimed to be a sweetner. I use the pink bags when I drink ice tea, the only time I go artificial.
We're all going to die!! Oh wait, we all die anyway. Nevermind.
RICO is criminal law.
When I shove aside the breathless accusations here, it
sounds like this is yet-another-class-action suit, with
convenient timing, initiated by activists and lawyers.
True?
Anyway, aspartame has been iffy stuff forever, and the
FDA does not have a record of being neutral on artificial
sweetners (do a web search of why stevia can't be sold
as a sweetener, for example).
Refined cane sugar ain't all that wonderful either.
Splenda...
I also think that antibiotics cause infections, insulin causes diabetes, and soldiers cause wars.
To make it, you replace three of the hydroxyl groups on sucrose (C&H, Domino, etc. sugar) with chloride atoms.
In other words, it is a chlorinated hydrocarbon.
No chlorinated hydrocarbons are found naturally in your body.
Many fine pesticides like DDT, Chlordane, lindane and toxaphene are chlorinated hydrocarbons, however.
Personally, I don't care to ingest chlorinated hydrocarbons.
Not only does Aspartame have a nasty aftertaste:
Methanol, from aspartame, is released in the small intestine when the methyl group of aspartame encounters the enzyme chymotrypsin.
Free methanol begins to form in liquid aspartame-containing products at temperatures above 86 degrees F.. also within the human body (98.6).
The methanol is then converted to formaldehyde.
So....since I'm not a laboratory rat - I'll choose Sweet 'N Low when I use artificial sweetners. :-)
RICO statutes also allow for civil suits. I would love to see what this complaint defines as the "enterprise" and what "predicate acts" the complaint alleges. I have litigated dozens of RICO civil cases over the years and based on this news release I feel confident in predicting that this case won't make it past Summary Judgement. (and that's only if the case can make it past a rule 12 Motion to Dismiss.) This was a publicity stunt.
This is a silly question to ask a trial lawyer, but could RICO be used against trial lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits for driving up the cost of my health care?
A better solution would be "loser pays," but maybe RICO would work.
Take a look at http://www.wnho.net they are trying to look like the UN and add unwarranted prestige to their group. However, none of the artificial sweetners are healthy for you PERIOD.
This is perhaps the most horrible grammar I've ever seen in a press release...
When you can't skewer the President with fake documents...do an end-run around the facts and dump scandals on his subbordinates. Yea, that'll work ~ NOT!
AMEN!
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