Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Many of the nation's best-known food brands make ultra-processed foods that are dangerous to eat and use deceptive marketing to sell them, San Francisco officials claim.
City officials on Tuesday filed a civil lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court accusing 10 of the country's largest food companies, according to NBC News.
San Francisco Attorney David Chiu filed the lawsuit on the city's behalf and accused the defendant companies of creating a healthcare crisis, KGO-TV reported.
"Like the tobacco industry, they knew their products made people very sick but hid the truth from the public, profited from untold billions and left Americans to deal with the consequences," Chiu said during a Tuesday news conference.
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