In several U.S. states you may be held criminally or civilly liable for anything you say or write that disparages food products. These laws interfere with your ability to sufficiently hear from health, safety, and ethical advocates about whether or not certain foods are suitable for consumption regardless of where you actually live.
These laws have had a chilling effect on the ability of individuals and groups to speak out on the quality of manufacturers and providers of food products and in my opinion, ought to be repealed.
If you do eat food of a dubious quality or source, I encourage you to stop eating that food until you are able to gather a satisfactory amount of information about it. If you are not able to find out how it was created, produced, or prepared for eating, you might want to think twice about why you think it's o.k. to ingest it.
States with Food Libel laws on the books: http://www.cspinet.org/foodspeak/laws/existlaw.htm
More info on Food Libel laws: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_libel_laws
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