After a two-month trial, a California judge has ruled that tuna cans do not need to carry warnings about minute traces of methylmercury in the fish, nearly all of which is naturally occurring. The state of California is appealing the ruling, putting a smidgen more strain on the "Jerry Brown is going to be different from Bill Lockyer, just you wait" thesis. Cliff Hutchinson has details.
California will appeal tuna-labeling ruling
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Rafael Mangual Project Manager, Legal Policy rmangual@manhattan-institute.org |
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Katherine Lazarski Manhattan Institute klazarski@manhattan-institute.org |