The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday easily passed the so-called “cheeseburger bill” that would block lawsuits blaming the food industry for making people fat.The “Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act” passed on a bipartisan 306 to 120 vote. The House approved a similar bill last year but it died in the Senate and no Senate action is scheduled on companion legislation.Leading business groups and the White House back the bill. The White House in a statement said, “Food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers and sellers should not be held liable for injury because a person’s consumption of legal, unadulterated food is associated with the person’s weight gain or obesity.”
