Court decision favors Eggland's Best; Attorney General drops appeal.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 1995--Eggland's Best, Inc., developer of superior-quality patented eggs, today announced that the Massachusetts Attorney General's office has agreed to drop its appeal of the Superior Court decision in favor of the company. The court dismissed a lawsuit concerning Eggland's Best advertising in December 1994, and denied the Attorney General's motion for reconsideration on April 17, 1995. "We are obviously very pleased with the court's vindication of our position and the Attorney General's decision to drop its appeal," said Robert J. Fuhrman, president of Eggland's Best. "This will assure that Massachusetts consumers will be able to learn the facts about the Eggland's Best clinical studies just as consumers in other states have been able to do. It will also save Massachusetts taxpayers and our company a great deal of money." Although Eggland's Best eggs contain about as much cholesterol as other eggs (213 mg., 71 percent of FDA's Daily Value), clinical studies at the Medical College of Pennsylvania Medical College of Pennsylvania, formerly in Philadelphia; chartered and opened 1850 as the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania; became Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 1867, Medical College of Pennsylvania 1970. found that people on the low-fat diet low-fat diet A diet low in fats, especially saturated fats, which has a positive effect on arthritis, CA, ASHD, DM, HTN, obesity, and strokes. See Diet, Low-fat snack; Cf Animal fat, High-fat diet. recommended by the Surgeon General The U.S. Surgeon General is charged with the protection and advancement of health in the United States. Since the 1960s the surgeon general has become a highly visible federal public health official, speaking out against known health risks such as tobacco use, and promoting disease were able to include 12 Eggland's Best eggs per week, within the fat limits of their diets, with no increase in their serum cholesterol. The low fat diet recommended by the Surgeon General for all Americans includes less than 30 percent of calories from fat, 10 percent from saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be . The two Eggland's Best studies have been peer reviewed by independent experts and published in highly-regarded scientific journals: The Journal of Nutrition (1992) and the Journal of Applied Nutrition (1993). Eggland's Best also was granted a patent in 1993 for: "EGGS COMPATIBLE WITH CHOLESTEROL REDUCING DIET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME." "We appreciate the Attorney General's decision to drop the appeal," said Fuhrman. In consideration, Eggland's Best is donating to the Commonwealth's Student Conflict Resolution Experts Program (SCORE), a program designed to address student violence in Massachusetts high schools and middle schools. "We would much prefer to contribute to this worthy cause rather than spend money on costly, wasteful litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. ." Eggland's Best eggs are provided by carefully selected producers, including a group of family farmers in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. , who feed their hens a strictly controlled diet that contains no animal fat or processed human food. Instead, the hens are fed a strictly vegetarian diet that includes virgin grains, canola oil Noun 1. canola oil - vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids canola vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants and a unique feed supplement containing rice bran, kelp and Vitamin E vitamin E or tocopherol Fat-soluble organic compound found principally in certain plant oils and leaves of green vegetables. Vitamin E acts as an antioxidant in body tissues and may prolong life by slowing oxidative destruction of membranes. . In addition to the nutritional advantages, consumers love the taste of Eggland's Best eggs. Eggland's Best eggs are available at better supermarkets and food stores throughout New England. Eggland's Best markets its superior quality eggs in approximately 40 states. Massachusetts was the only state to take legal action to enjoin To direct, require, command, or admonish. Enjoin connotes a degree of urgency, as when a court enjoins one party in a lawsuit by ordering the person to do, or refrain from doing, something to prevent permanent loss to the other party or parties. the company from publicizing the clinical studies. CONTACT: Clarke & Co. Jon Metters, 617/536-3003 or Eggland's Best Robert Fuhrman, 212/474-6173 |
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