Scientists at USC and Oxford Find Global High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) Type 2 Diabetes Link

What's the Big Deal with Eating and Drinking HFCS? New Research Tells You

If you are one of the many consumers who wonder what the big deal is with ingesting high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), the latest scientific research from the University of Southern California (USC) and Oxford will help shed some light on the question.

The US Corn Catastrophe - Infographic

Corn Ethanol Subsidies Are Gone, But The Damage Remains

Thankfully at the end of 2011 the United States (US) Congress allowed the corn ethanol subsidies to expire but corn farmers are still being subsidized.  I am not sure now that the damage is done, it can easily be undone, but our country must try to recover from this corn catastrophe.  Looking for alternative biofuels to replace our fossil fuel addiction, since 1980 the US Federal Government subsidized corn ethanol - or gas made from corn - to the tune of an estimated 45 billion dollars.  

Latest News On HFCS False Advertising Case Will Leave You Laughing

 Corn Refiners Association (CRA), ADM and Cargill File Countersuit Against Sugar Association

Feel Like Laughing?  The Corn Refiners Association Counterclaim Against the Sugar Farmers Will Do the Trick

I have been keeping you up to date in the high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) false advertising case and the latest news will leave you laughing.

Breaking News - FDA DENIES PETITION TO RENAME HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

FDA DENIES PETITION TO RENAME HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

Sugar Association Commends FDA Commitment to Consumer Right to Know;
Regulators Affirm Changing HFCS Name Would Confuse Public

WASHINGTON (May 30, 2012) – In a move that protects consumers, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today denied a Corn Refiners Association (CRA) petition to rename high-fructose corn syrup “corn sugar,” saying the action would only serve to confuse U.S. consumers and could even pose a health risk to those suffering from fructose intolerance.

Latest News on HFCS Corn "Sugar" False Advertising Case - Hearing Set in Los Angeles

Sugar Growers Accuse Corn Refiners Association (CRA), ADM and Cargill with False Advertising

When: March 21, 2012 – Hearing starts at 9:00 am and is expected to last for about an hour.

What: This hearing is an important battle for all American consumers and will take place in federal Judge Consuelo Marshall’s courtroom in Los Angeles. As I have blogged about in the past, a coalition of sugar farmers’ cooperatives and other sugar producers have accused the agribusiness conglomerates Archer-Daniels-Midland, Cargill and others of falsely advertising high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) as a natural product no different from real sugar.

Latest News on HFCS Corn Sugar False Advertising Case - Sugar Growers Accuse Corn Refiners Association, ADM and Cargill with Trying to Evade Liability

Sugar Growers Accuse Corn Refiners Association (CRA), ADM and Cargill with Trying to Evade Liability

Sugar farmers have rejected a bid to remove key defendants from false advertising lawsuit against corn processors.  Attorneys for the Sugar Association and the sugar farmers it represents filed papers early this week in federal court accusing members of the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) of trying to evade liability for their roles in the creation and sponsorship of false advertising about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).

The Latest News on The HFCS Corn Sugar False Advertising Case Just Got a Little Sweeter for Consumers

Sugar Growers Accuse Corn Refiners Association, ADM and Cargill with Conspiracy to Deceive Consumers through National False Advertising Campaign

The Corn Sugar false advertising case just got a little sweeter for consumers.  Sugar cane and sugar beet growers have filed an amended complaint in federal court charging that corporate members of the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) – makers of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) – are behind a “conspiracy” deliberately designed to “deceive the public.”  This goes further than their initial filings and actually claims a conspiracy.  Now we're getting somewhere.

The amended complaint, filed late last Friday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, alleges that senior executives of agribusiness conglomerates, including Archer-Daniels-Midland, Cargill and others “organize[d] collectively in order to dominate and … control” the ongoing marketing campaign to rename HFCS as “corn sugar.” Their national advertising campaign also claims that HFCS is a “natural” product equivalent to real sugar from cane and beet plants. The sugar farmers argue that those claims are untrue and it looks like the courts are on their side.

Latest News in HFCS Corn Sugar False Advertising Case - US Consumers and Sugar Farmers Win Big as Federal Judge Rules Against Corn Processors

Latest News in HFCS Corn Sugar False Advertising Case - US Consumers and Sugar Farmers Win Big as Federal Judge Rules Against Corn Processors

Federal Judge Rules Against Corn Processors!
Consumer Deception At Issue In False Advertising Case
Case brought by American sugar farmers against big corn processors to stop their false advertising about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) must go forward.

Remember how all of the sudden HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) is suddenly being called "corn sugar" and we are being told by the CRA (Corn Refiner's Association) that it is safe to eat and just like sugar?  Well, according to U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall, who issued two opinions comprising her ruling last Friday, “Plaintiffs* have met their burden in showing a reasonable probability of success on their argument that the statements are false.” The judge also ruled that the challenged statements in CRA's multi-million dollar campaign “constitute ‘commercial speech.’”

Um ya think? Does this look like a commercial to you?