Legal Definitions - perishable-food-disparagement act

The Perishable-Food-Disparagement Act is a law that protects food producers from false and harmful reports about their products. This law provides remedies for financial harm caused by untrue statements about food contamination. The law applies to false and negative statements that suggest a perishable food product is unsafe for people to eat. It is only applicable when the person making the statement knows that it is false and has no basis in scientific facts or data. This law is also known as the Agricultural-Disparagement Law, Veggie-Libel Law, Agricultural-Product-Disparagement Law, or Food-Disparagement Law.