Court Documents

The class action lawsuit against Kraft Foods is titled Red et al. v. Kraft Foods Inc., Case No. 2:10-cv-01028, and it is in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Key court documents are available as pdfs in the table below.

Scientific Studies and Reviews on Trans Fat

• The American Heart Association provides basic information about trans fats on its official website.
• "The negative effects of trans fats and what to do about them" reviews the health effects of trans fats and recommends a complete ban. Published by Atherosclerosis, 2009, written by Professor Fred Kummerow of the University of Illinois.
• "Trans Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease" provides an in-depth scientific review of the dangers of eating trans fats. Published by the New England Journal of Medicine, 2006, by Professor Dariush Mozaffarian of the Harvard School of Public Health.
• In her 2009 editorial for Annals of Internal Medicine, "Safer Fats for Healthier Hearts: The Case for Eliminating Dietary Artificial Trans Fat Intake," former director of the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Julie Gerberding argues that the FDA should be prepared to ban all artificial trans fats.
• "Diet, Lifestyle, and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Women" by Frank B. Hu of Harvard's School of Public Health analyzes data from 84,941 female nurses over 16 years and found that consumption of trans fat leads to a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, 2001.
• In "Dietary fats and prevention of type 2 diabetes," Ulf Riserus of Uppsala University in Sweden gives an overview of the scientific literature on the relationship between types of dietary fat and diabetes risk. Published in Progress in Lipids Research 2009.
• "A Prospective Study of Trans-Fatty Acid Levels in Blood and Risk of Prostate Cancer" by Jorge E. Chavarro of Harvard's School of Public Health is a detailed study into the relationship between trans fat in the body and men's risk for prostate cancer. Published by the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 2008.
• "Association between Serum trans-Monounsaturated Fatty Acids and Breast Cancer Risk" by Veronique Chajes of the Gustave Roussy Cancer Institute in France finds that higher levels of trans fat in the bloodstream raise women's risk of breast cancer. Published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, 2008.

Related News

• Professor Fred Kummerow of the University of Illinois petitions the FDA to ban trans fats.
• Forbes reports on the "Smart Choices" labeling program begun by leaders of the food industry and condemned by leading health experts.
• The New York Times also reports on the "Smart Choices" labeling program.

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