Kraft Foods

Kraft Foods {{nyse|KFT}} (named after James Lewis Kraft) is the third largest international food products corporation (after Unilever and Nestlé). It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, but is majority owned by the Altria Group, which took control in 1988 (when it was known as Philip Morris). Kraft is headquartered in Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, a Chicago suburb.

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In 1992 the gelatin industry, in particular Kraft's Atlantic Gelatin plant in Woburn, Massachusetts, which supplies the vast majority of Jell-O, came under scrutiny for a history of noxious smells, toxic waste releases into Boston Harbor, and a policy of corporate secrecy. Heading off a rash of local complaints, industry lobbyists invited Massachusetts state representatives Paul Casey and Carol Donovan into the plant. However, the representatives were barred from going past the conference room. Repeated requests for a plant tour by journalists were refused. In 1993 the plant was hit with a $250,000 fine for violating the Clean Air Act of 1970. In a February 4 1996 article, the Associated Press reported that a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection official was one of only a few outsiders who had seen the inside of the Woburn plant.

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Woburn, Massachusetts - Boston Harbor - Paul Casey - Carol Donovan - Clean Air Act of 1970 - February 4 - 1996

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In 2005, Kraft was sued for spamming its Gevalia coffee brand by *Hypertouch, an ISP. Kraft was accused of sending multiple waves of spam to the ISP, and the action brought under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 act. At the time this addition to the Wikipedia article was added, the suit had not yet been ruled upon.

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Sued - Spamming - Gevalia - Coffee - ISP - CAN-SPAM Act of 2003

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