Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act
The Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act , also known as Cheeseburger Bill (German: Cheeseburger Act ), discloses a from the United States House of Representatives designed law on personal responsibility in food consumption. It was supposed to protect fast food chains from claims for damages by their customers.
Emergence
The Cheeseburger Act was drafted in 2005 as a result of many lawsuits from American citizens. With more than 120 million citizens of the United States overweight , attempts have been made to blame fast food chains. More and more lawsuits came to the US courts , according to which fast-food restaurants were to blame for the excess weight of many people.
To protect against class action lawsuits and high claims for damages - which are common in the United States - the law was proposed by the House of Representatives by 306 to 120 votes during the George W. Bush tenure . Fast food chains should therefore no longer be held responsible for the obesity of the citizens. However, the law was not passed by the United States Senate and so has not come into effect.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 533
- ↑ govtrack.us: HR 554: Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act of 2005