The trial of the blue-green algae eaters. (Investigators' Reports) (column) From: FDA Consumer | Date: July 1, 1986| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1986 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Trial of the Blue-Green Algae Eaters

During a trial earlier this year in a federal courtroom in Portland, Ore., people were wearing--with obvious pride--buttons that read: "I EAT ALGAE.' In fact, this odd dietary proclamation told only part of the story; these people not only are the aquatic plants, they profited by them, too. They were distributors of a line of products made of blue-green algae by one of the defendants in the trial, K. C. Laboratories of Klamath Falls, Ore.

At issue in the courtroom was the status of the products. The firm and its distributors ...