In 2021, the editor of the application, which notes the products according to their nutritional qualities, had been ordered to pay 25,000 euros in damages to an industrialist and to withdraw the “high risk” assessment Attributed to the additive.
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Justice agreed on Thursday, December 8, to the nutritional application Yuka, returning to the decision of the Commercial Court of Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) which had condemned it in particular to denigrate of the ABC Industry charcuterie manufacturer, in 2021.
This is the first time that justice has cleared Yuka, condemned three times at first instance in similar files. The Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal has dismissed ABC Industrie “all of its requests” and condemned it to pay Yuka 20,000 euros for legal costs.
In 2021, the editor of the application, which notes the products according to their nutritional qualities, had been ordered to pay 25,000 euros in damages to the agro-industrial and to withdraw the assessment ” High risk “attributed to the E250 additive (sodium nitrite), which is now in the” risk “category. Yuka had to delete any mention specifying that nitrites would be “carcinogenic” or “genotoxic”.
right to inform and alert
In its judgment consulted by the France-Presse agency (AFP), the Court recognizes that Yuka offers “a tool” in order to help consumers make better choices for their health “and to obtain” a Improvement of products “from manufacturers. On the Yuka application, cold meats sometimes get low notes due to their nutritional profile (fat, salt), but also the addition of nitroat additives.
Historically, the cold meats resort to nitro components to lengthen the duration of conservation of products and prevent the development of pathogenic bacteria, particularly with botulism, a serious neurological affection largely forgotten due to health progress. It is also these components that give its pink color to the ham, naturally gray. The Court estimated that the activity of Yuka, which claims thirty-four million users worldwide, was part of “a public debate” and scientific on “the harmfulness of the nitrés” and that it “is protected by freedom of expression “.
“For the first time, the judges recognize (…) the right to inform and alert on the health risks of the nitrites added”, welcomes the company in a press release. She also called on two judgments rendered in Paris and Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze), where she was sentenced to similar cases for the benefit of the Federation of Charcutiers-Traitors (FICT), of which ABC Industry is part, and another Correzian manufacturer. The hearings will take place in Limoges on February 6, 2023 and in Paris on April 12.