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Article: Court Dismisses Johnson & Johnson Suit Against Sugar Association

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March 31, 2006
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WILMINGTON, Del., March 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Yesterday a federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, dismissed a lawsuit brought by McNeil Nutritionals, the marketer of the artificial sweetener Splenda, against the Sugar Association and its member companies. The lawsuit claimed that the Sugar Association and its members had engaged in false advertising in connection with the website established by the Sugar Association, truthaboutsplenda.com. That website publishes information about Splenda from many sources, including consumers who feel deceived by Splenda being advertised as tasting like sugar and being a natural product when in fact it is a chlorinated, artificial sweetener. The court ...

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