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August 31st, 2005 at 12:41 am

“Supersized nanny state”

The San Francisco Chronicle’s Debra Saunders is no admirer of California AG Lockyer’s new lawsuit (see Ted’s Aug. 29 post) charging that restaurants have broken the law by failing to post announcements that french fries and other common foods contain naturally occurring acrylamides (Aug. 30). More: Jonathan Wilson posts here and here.

In acrylamide; eat drink and be merry; French fries; nanny state

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