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The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), formerly called the Guest Choice Network, is a non-profit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) U.S. lobby group.[1] The Center for Consumer Freedom does not publicly release its funding sources, but the group states that it is “supported by restaurants, food companies and more than 1,000 concerned individuals”.[1][2] The CCF describes its mission as defending the "right of adults and parents to choose what they eat, drink, and how they enjoy themselves." Stressing individual responsibility over government legislation, CCF opposes compulsory warning labels on food, bans on smoking in restaurants, lawsuits against restaurants that sell fattening foods, and similar activities. It runs media campaigns and gives out annual "Nanny Awards" to "those groups and individuals who would protect us from ourselves."[3] Image File history File links CCF.gif Summary CCF banner Licensing This is a logo of a corporation, sports team, or other organization, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ...


CCF has campaigned against positions held by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. It funds a number of websites, such as ActivistCash.com. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta is recognized as the lead United States agency for protecting the public health and safety of people by providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships with state health departments and other organizations. ... MADD logo Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, is a single-issue non-profit victims rights organization in the United States and other countries. ... People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals logo People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the largest animal rights organization in the world. ... The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research. ...

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History

The group was created in 1995 as the Guest Choice Network by Richard Berman, executive director of the public affairs firm Berman and Company, with $600,000 from the Philip Morris tobacco company.[2] The concept of the group, according to a letter by Richard Berman to Barbara Trach, who at the time was Philip Morris's senior program manager for public affairs, was "to unite the restaurant and hospitality industries in a campaign to defend their consumers and marketing programs against attacks from anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-meat, etc. activists ..." Its purpose, according to a planning document by Berman, was to encourage operators of "restaurants, hotels, casinos, bowling alleys, taverns, stadiums, and university hospitality educators" to "support [the] mentality of 'smokers rights' by encouraging responsibility to protect 'guest choice'."[4] Internal documents from Philip Morris reveal that it donated $2,950,000 to the Guest Choice Network between 1995 and 1998.[5] Berman and Company is a public affairs firm owned by lobbyist Rick Berman. ... Altria Group, Inc. ...


The supporters list as of December 1996 included Alliance Gaming (slot machines), Anheuser-Busch (beer), Bruss Company (steaks and chops), Cargill Processed Meat Products, Davidoff (cigars), Harrah's (casinos), Overhill Farms (frozen foods), Philip Morris, and Standard Meat Company (steaks). The group's Advisory Panel comprised representatives from most of these companies, plus further representatives from the restaurant industry, Senator George McGovern, and Carl Vogt of law firm Fulbright and Jaworski.[6] Alliance Gaming NYSE: AGI is a Las Vegas, Nevada based manufacturer of slot machines and casino management software. ... Anheuser-Busch NYSE: BUD Anheuser-Busch, based in St. ... Cargill, Incorporated is a privately held, multinational corporation, and is based in the state of Minnesota in the United States. ... Davidoff is a popular Swiss brand of luxury products, most well known for its high-end tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, and pipe tobaccos. ... Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. ... Altria Group, Inc. ... George McGovern on May 8, 1972 cover of Time Magazine George Stanley McGovern, Ph. ...


Guest Choice Network issued newsletters, concentrating primarily on smoking bans, but also attacking bans on pregnant women consuming alcohol,[7] PETA and straightedgers.[8] Peta can refer to: Peta (prefix), a prefix meaning times 1015 in the International System of Units People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an animal-rights organization People Eating Tasty Animals, a parody of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Peta, Greece, a town in the prefecture... For the drawing or cutting tool, see Straightedge. ...


In November 2001, the Guest Choice Network expanded its criticism of activist groups, with the launch of a separate web site, ActivistCash.com, which is a compilation of information gathered from IRS documents and media reports, describing the funding and activities of animal rights, anti-corporate, and environmentalist groups.


In January 2002, Guest Choice Network became the Center for Consumer Freedom, a move they claimed was to reflect that "the anti-consumer forces [were] expanding their reach beyond restaurants and taverns [and] going into your communities and even your homes", so a wider-based organisation was needed to expose these alleged forces "wherever they try to take away your Consumer Freedom".[9]


Activities

A print ad by the center criticizing PETA President's statement that opposed animal research, terming it as an "extremist agenda".
A print ad by the center criticizing PETA President's statement that opposed animal research, terming it as an "extremist agenda".

The group defines its mission as fighting against "a growing cabal of food cops, health care enforcers, militant activists, meddling bureaucrats, and violent radicals who think they know what's best for you, [who] are pushing against our basic freedoms."[1] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (829x868, 149 KB) http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (829x868, 149 KB) http://www. ... Generally speaking, advertising is the promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas, usually by an identified sponsor. ... Peta can refer to: Peta (prefix), a prefix meaning times 1015 in the International System of Units People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an animal-rights organization People Eating Tasty Animals, a parody of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Peta, Greece, a town in the prefecture... Extremism is the act of taking a belief, political view or ideology to its most literal extreme. ... CABAL The Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform (CABAL) is an artificial intelligence in the Tiberian Series of Command & Conquer. ...


CCF has argued against smoking bans, for retaining the permissible driving blood-alcohol level at 0.10, and questions the heavily debated dangers of red meat consumption, and pesticides.[10][11][12][13] Smoking bans are public policies, including legal prohibitions and occupational health and safety regulations, that restrict smoking in workplaces and public places. ... Blood Alcohol Content (or Blood Alcohol Concentration), often abbreviated BAC, is the concentration of alcohol in blood, measured, by volume, as a percentage. ... Red meat or mammal meat refers to all meat that is derived from mammals, and is unrelated to the actual color of the meat. ... the plane is spreading pesticide. ...


In a 1999 interview with the Chain Leader, a trade publication for restaurant chains, Berman said that he attacks activists more aggressively than other lobbyists. "We always have a knife in our teeth", he said. Since activists "drive consumer behavior on meat, alcohol, fat, sugar, tobacco and caffeine", his strategy is "to shoot the messenger ... We've got to attack their credibility as spokespersons."[14] Mortal Kombat character, see Meat (Mortal Kombat). ...


In a May 11, 2002 San Francisco Chronicle article, CCF spokesman John Doyle responded to questions about nationwide radio ads put out by the group. He said the ads were meant to attract people to their website and "draw attention to our enemies: just about every consumer and environmental group, chef, legislator or doctor who raises objections to things like pesticide use, genetic engineering of crops or antibiotic use in beef and poultry."[15] May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The San Francisco Chronicle, the self-described Voice of the West, is Northern Californias largest newspaper. ... John Doyle may refer to: John Doyle (comedian), Australian John Doyle (lawyer) (born 1945), Chief Justice of South Australia John Doyle (soccer) (born 1966), American soccer player John Doyle (critic) (born 1957), Canadian television critic John Doyle (baseball player), Canadian Major League Baseball player John Doyle (announcer), whose voice is... A cropduster spreading pesticide. ... An iconic image of genetic engineering; this autoluminograph from 1986 of a glowing transgenic tobacco plant bearing the luciferase, illustrating the possibilities of genetic engineering. ... Staphylococcus aureus - Antibiotics test plate. ...


CCF is opposed to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an animal rights organization. It publishes the website PetaKillsAnimals.com, which according to the site has an aim to "stand up to malicious animal-rights activists, the "food police", environmental scaremongers, neo-prohibitionists, meddling bureaucrats, and other self-anointed saints who claim to "know what's best" for you."[16] The website has documents showing that PETA euthanizes most of the animals in its care,[17] and features news that portrays its staff and leaders in a negative light. The CCF has also produced anti-PETA advertising and performed publicity stunts outside PETA meetings.[18] People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals logo People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the largest animal rights organization in the world. ... A civet, or sea fox, photographed in the Zigong Peoples Zoo, Sichuan, 2001. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


CCF has posted a number of videos to YouTube as part of its activities.[19] It posted the trailer for children's movie Charlotte's Web, claiming that the movie 'encourages kids to "Say no to bacon" and print out stickers reading "Tofu Rulez"', and links to groups it claims are "extremist", such as the Humane Society of the United States. [20]


ActivistCash.com

The Center for Consumer Freedom runs ActivistCash.com, a website which "provides the public and media with in-depth profiles of anti-consumer activist groups, along with information about the sources of what is called their exorbitant funding." The site features generally negative profiles of various groups it believes oppose consumer freedom, such as Greenpeace, PETA, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. It also documents key figures in activism and celebrity links with the various groups. This article is becoming very long. ... Peta can refer to: Peta (prefix), a prefix meaning times 1015 in the International System of Units People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an animal-rights organization People Eating Tasty Animals, a parody of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Peta, Greece, a town in the prefecture... MADD logo Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, is a single-issue non-profit victims rights organization in the United States and other countries. ...


The site reports what it claims are links between profiled groups and extremism, and in general argues that the groups profiled hold extreme views that are contrary to the public interest. It claims to have examined 500,000 IRS documents in its profiling, listing for each group major donors, income and expenditure, key supporters and connections with other groups.


FishScam.com

The Center for Consumer Freedom runs FishScam.com, a website which claims that "our bodies contain harmless amounts of chemicals, including mercury that could be fatal in higher doses." The site contains a mercury calculator which offers the amount of a fish you can eat before getting an unsafe dose of mercury, based on what they claim was the original reference level for the EPA, which the EPA then cut to a tenth before publishing. Thus the amounts are 10 times the amount the EPA would recommend. General Name, Symbol, Number mercury, Hg, 80 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 6, d Appearance silvery Atomic mass 200. ...


Other Domains

The Center for Consumer Freedom also runs a number of other websites, including PetaKillsAnimals.com, PhysicianScam.com, Trans-FatFacts.com, AnimalScam.com, and CPSIScam.com.


Funding

The CCF does not disclose the identity of its funders. However, some information is available, as CCF is registered as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, and accordingly financial information is disclosed via IRS Form 990s. A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ...


Initial funding for the Guest Choice Network organisation came from Philip Morris, with the initial donation of $600,000 followed by a $300,000 donation the following year. "As of this writing, PM USA is still the only contributor, though Berman continues to promise others any day now", wrote Philip Morris attorney Marty Barrington in an internal company memorandum dated March 28, 1996.[21] March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...


In subsequent years, GCN acquired more donors, but was still almost solely funded by a few large corporations: the IRS Form 990 for the six-month period from July to December 1999 shows that is income for that period was $111,642, of which $105,000 came from six unnamed donors.


Form 990s for the Center for Consumer Freedom are available for years 2002–2004 on the GuideStar website.[22][23][24] For the last available year, 2004, revenues were $3.6 million, while expenses reached $3.25 million. The largest payee, was Berman and Co. Inc, which received $1.45m in compensation for 'management services'.


As of 2005 the group now claims over 1000 individual supporters, and solicits individual donations on its website.[1]


According to Berman, in June 2005, the group had about 100 corporate supporters [25].


Domain name disputes

CCF has created sites with similar domain names to organizations it opposes.


In January 2002 after a complaint, CCF, which had registered the domain name cspinet.com, was ordered to transfer it to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.[26]


Also in January 2002, CCF had to turn over the domain name chefscollaborative.info to the rightful owner of the Chefs Collaborative mark.[27]


The Center for Consumer Freedom registered two domain names, cspinot.com and smartmouth.org, similar to those used by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). In October 2002, CSPI filed a complaint which was upheld and the two domain names were transferred to the CSPI.[28][29] The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ...


Corporate Sponsors

Companies that have publicly acknowledged making donations to CCF include: Coca-Cola; Wendy's; Tyson Foods; and Pilgrim's Pride. [2][25][30] The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ... Wendys is a chain of fast food restaurants founded by Dave Thomas based in Dublin, Ohio and owned by the American corporation Wendys International, Inc. ... Tyson Foods, Inc. ... Pilgrims Pride Corp. ...


Personnel

Directors

The latest available IRS Form 990, for the 2004 calendar year, lists directors as Richard Berman, Jacob Dweck, David Browne, Lane Cardwell, and John Doyle as Secretary and Treasurer. All received nominal $250 salaries, except Berman, who received $18,000. The board of directors is the same as the American Beverage Institute. The American Beverage Institute is a restaurant industry trade group. ...


John Doyle is also communications director for Berman & Co; he has acted as spokesman for the CCF, the Employment Policies Institute and the American Beverage Institute. Berman and Company is a public affairs firm owned by lobbyist Rick Berman. ... The American Beverage Institute is a restaurant industry trade group. ...


Other representatives

In addition to these officers, several Berman & Co. employees and associates have appeared in news stories as CCF representatives:

  • David Martosko has been described in news stories as CCF's director of research. Martosko primarily discusses animal rights-related issues with the media.[31]
  • Justin Wilson is cited as a senior research analyst at the Center for Consumer Freedom. Wilson primarily works on obesity and trans-fat related campaigns for the CCF. He has appeared multiple times on television networks including CNBC to debate the issue of "trans-fats bans".[32][33]

CNBC (an abbrevation for the Consumer News and Business Channel, its official name until 1991) is a group of cable and satellite television Business news channels from the U.S., owned and operated by NBC Universal. ...

Affiliated organizations

In addition to the Center for Consumer Freedom, Berman & Co. sponsors several other organizations and web sites, including the Employment Policies Institute, which argues that increases in the cost of doing business in the United States, such as minimum wage increases and mandatory health insurance for workers result in higher unemployment, and the American Beverage Institute, a lobby group for restaurants, which argues that it is possible to drink responsibly and drive, and that the focus should be on preventing drunk driving, rather than forbidding any amount of drink before driving. The American Beverage Institute is a restaurant industry trade group. ...


Criticism

The Center for Consumer Freedom has drawn criticism from several groups for its startup funding from the Philip Morris tobacco company, for its efforts to portray groups such as the Humane Society of the United States as "violent" and "extreme", and for its opposition to banning the use of trans fats.[34][35][36][37][38] The group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has also questioned the CCF's validity as a non-profit tax exempt lobby group.[39] HSUS logo The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), founded in 1954, is the largest animal welfare organization in the world with nearly ten million members and constituents, an international arm called Humane Society International, and a 2005 budget of $95 million USD. HSUS does not run any animal... Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is a Washington, DC-based advocacy organization which professes to fight corruption by U.S. government officials. ...


The Center for Consumer Freedom responds by stating that they "file regular [tax] statements with the Internal Revenue Service, which are open to public inspection."[1] In addition, the CCF cites the concern from the American Heart Association that banning trans fats could lead to the "use of oils high in saturated or animal-based fat if healthier oils are in short supply."[40] The American Heart Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. ...


The group has been criticized by some corporations, with PepsiCo and Kraft Foods both saying they do not agree with CCF's approach.[25] A spokesman for Kraft Foods said that "we feel we have a responsibility to address consumers' concerns over obesity", he added, "so we're responding by reformulating many of our products, providing more product information, creating smaller sizes and adjusting our marketing practices." Berman responded saying that this approach is "appeasement". "You can't accommodate" the CSPI, "They're not going away. If you create some healthier products, they'll go after all the unhealthy ones you still make." PepsiCo, Inc. ... Kraft Foods Inc. ...


See also

A front organization (or organisation), also known as a front group (if it is structured to look like a voluntary association); a front company, a shell corporation or simply a front (if it is structured to look like a company), is any entity set up by and controlled by another...

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e "About Us", Center for Consumer Freedom, retrieved January 29, 2007
  2. ^ a b c Mayer, Caroline E. & Joyce, Amy. "The Escalating Obesity Wars Nonprofit's Tactics, Funding Sources Spark Controversy", The Washington Post, April 27, 2005.
  3. ^ "Food for Thought", Center for Consumer Freedom, February 10, 2000.
  4. ^ PR Watch: Letter from Rick Berman to Barbara Trach, April 11, 1995
  5. ^ "Documented Donations of $2,950,000 from Philip Morris to Rick Berman/CCF", Consumerdeception.com, retrieved January 29, 2007
  6. ^ The Guest Choice Network Supporters; The Guest Choice Network Advisory Panel, December 1, 1996
  7. ^ Guest Choice Network Volume 3, Number 11 1998
  8. ^ Guest Choice Network Undated
  9. ^ Guest Choice Network January 24, 2002
  10. ^ Berman, Rick. “Food Cops Run Amok” Food Arts Magazine, June 1, 1998. Retrieved on January 29, 2007.
  11. ^ “Don't Even Think About Having A Drink” Center for Consumer Freedom, October 2, 2001. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  12. ^ “Latest Anti-Meat Study: The Real Story” Center for Consumer Freedom, January 12, 2005. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  13. ^ “Scientists Denounce Scaremongering Activists” Center for Consumer Freedom, September 20, 2005. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  14. ^ Bernstein, Charles. 1999. "The Zealot". Chain Leader, December. Retrieved May 4m 2001 by archive.org.
  15. ^ Ness, Carol. “Hand that feed bites back: Food industry forks over ad campaign to win hearts, stomachs” San Francisco Chronicle, May 11, 2002. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  16. ^ About Us: Peta Kills Animals
  17. ^ Peta Kills Animals: Peta's Dirty Secret
  18. ^ Center for Consumer Freedom. 2003. "Anti-PETA Ads Win Popular Acclaim". December 12. Retrieved 2007 February 12.
  19. ^ YouTube video channel for the Center for Consumer Freedom
  20. ^ “Charlotte's (Tangled) Web” Center for Consumer Freedom, December 7, 2006. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  21. ^ PR Watch: Letter from Philip Morris attorney Marty Barrington citing initial funding for the CCF PR Watch, retrieved January 30, 2007.
  22. ^ 2002 IRS Form 990 for the Center for Consumer Freedom. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  23. ^ 2003 IRS Form 990 for the Center for Consumer Freedom. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  24. ^ 2004 IRS Form 990 for the Center for Consumer Freedom. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  25. ^ a b c Warner, Melanie. "Striking Back at the Food Police". New York Times. June 12, 2005. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.
  26. ^ "Center for Science in the Public Interest v. Guest Choice Network - Case No. 102524" National Arbitration Forum. January 2, 2002. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  27. ^ "Chefs Collaborative v. Guest Choice Network - Case No. 102484" National Arbitration Forum. January 16, 2002. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  28. ^ "Center for Science in the Public Interest v. Guest Choice Network - Case No. 128796" National Arbitration Forum. January 6, 2003. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  29. ^ "Bogus 'Consumer' Group Stripped Of Domain Names." Center for Science in the Public Interest. February 20, 2003. Retrieved January 30, 2007.
  30. ^ Barton, Paul. "Poultry firms side with lobbyist in PR battle with animal-welfare group." Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. September 22, 2003. Retrieved on February 12, 2007.
  31. ^ Matthews, Mark. "Lobbyists Hide Behind Non-Profit Fronts." KGO-TV/ABC 7, San Francisco, May 3, 2006. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  32. ^ "National Full-Page Ads Ask New York: “What’s Next?”" Center for Consumer Freedom, December 7, 2006. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  33. ^ "CNBC Debate: Justin Wilson of the CCF vs. Stephen Joseph of BanTransFats.com" YouTube, retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  34. ^ No-smoke.org: Center for Consumer Freedom. Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  35. ^ Unti, Bernard. "Center for Consumer Freedom: Non-Profit or Corporate Shill?" Humane Society of the United States. July 1, 2005. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  36. ^ trans-fat FACTS.com Center for Consumer Freedom. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  37. ^ Lamb, Gregory M. "Lead paint, cigarettes: Are trans fats next?" The Christian Science Monitor. October 12, 2006. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  38. ^ PR Watch: "Trans Fat Spin Doctors Chart Legislative Risks" PR Watch. December 19, 2006. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  39. ^ "CREW Files IRS Complaint Against The Center for Consumer Freedom Alleging Violations of Tax Exempt Status". Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. November 16, 2004. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.
  40. ^ "Heart Doctors Take On NYC Trans Fat Ban" Center for Consumer Freedom. November 15, 2006. Retrieved on January 30, 2007.

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October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... -1... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... -1... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...

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Center for Consumer Freedom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1430 words)
As the CCF was originally a corporate-led lobby group, it did not have any membership dues in its early years, but in 2005 the group now claims over 1000 individual supporters, and solicits individual donations on its website [10]; but it is believed that the group still receives most of its funding from corporations.
CCF has argued against smoking bans, for retaining the permissible driving blood-alcohol level at 0.10, and questions the heavily debated dangers of red meat consumption, and pesticides.
CCF is opposed to PETA's agenda, which states that animals should not be used by humans, and is one of the most active and high-profile anti-PETA groups.
Center for Consumer Freedom - SourceWatch (2021 words)
CCF is one of the more active of several front groups created by Berman and Co., a public affairs firm owned by lobbyist Rick Berman.
CCF claims to represent "more than 30,000 U.S. restaurants and tavern operators." However, the IRS Form 990 which it filed for the the six-month period from July to December 1999 (under the name of "Guest Choice Network") shows that almost all of its financial support came from a handful of anonymous sources.
In January 2006 David Martosko from CCF was asked, in the context of their campaign dismissing concerns about mercury concentration in seafood, whether they received funding from the seafood industry, from coal companies or utilities.
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