From the McDonald s hot coffee case to the cattle ranchers beef with
Oprah Winfrey, from the old English "Assize of Bread" to current
nutrition labeling laws, what we eat and how we eat are shaped as much
by legal regulations as by personal taste. Barry M. Levenson, the
curator of the world-famous (really ) Mount Horeb Mustard Museum and a
self-proclaimed "recovering lawyer," offers in Habeas Codfish an
entertaining and expert overview of the frustrating, frightening, and
funny intersections of food and the law.
Discover how Mr. Peanut shaped the law of trademark infringement for the
entire food industry. Consider the plight of the restaurant owner
besmirched by a journalist s negative review. Find out how traditional
Jewish laws of kashrut ran afoul of the First Amendment. Prison meals,
butter vs. margarine, definitions of organic food, undercover ABC
reporters at the Food Lion, the Massachusetts Supreme Court case that
saved fish chowder, even recipes it s all in here, so tuck in
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