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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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Author: Randolph C. Henning
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 08/17/2001
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 7.90w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780299282844
Award: Midwest Book Award (MIPA) - Finalist
Award: Midwest Book Award (MIPA) - Finalist
Award: Midwest Book Award (MIPA) - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2011 pg. 84

About the Author

Randolph C. Henning, a Frank Lloyd Wright enthusiast, is an architect in Lewisville, North Carolina, and author of At Taliesin: Newspaper Columns by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship, 1934-1937.