The Washington Attorney General is seeking at least $ 14 million from the food industry, alleging a trade association
broke public disclosure laws by shielding the names of companies that contributed to a campaign against an initiative that would have required food makers to label products with GMOs.
Instead, he repeatedly
broke the
law by stealing
public funds and, in this case, filed false
disclosure forms to conceal his financial dealings,» DiNapoli said.
Among the eighteen companies cited were eight of the world's top 500 companies — Shell, Samsung Electronics, Nestle, LG, Kraft, Motorola, Denso and Bridgestone — and 10 major Chinese companies, including industry leaders such as PetroChina and Shenhua.China's pollution information
disclosure law, which took effect in May 2008, requires companies to reveal details of pollution to the
public within 30 days of being cited for
breaking pollution
laws, and come up with an emergency plan to rectify the problem.