Coffee sold in California must carry cancer warning, judge rules
Coffee sold in California must carry a cancer warning, a court has ruled. The judge in Los Angeles said Starbucks and about 90 other coffee sellers had failed to warn customers about a potentially toxic compound that is produced during the roasting process.
The firms were sued by a California-based non profit-group over the chemical acrylamide. The group argued that as acrylamide is regarded as carcinogenic under state law, it should be sold with a warning.
Ruling in favour of the Council for Education and Research on Toxics, Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle said the companies should not be exempt from the law, as they had failed to prove that the "consumption of coffee confers a benefit to human health". The companies have until 10 April to appeal the decision.
Also at The San Diego Union-Tribune.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 30 2018, @09:23PM (2 children)
Do you expect any kind of sanity from the state that decriminalised deliberately infecting someone with HIV? The state that refuses to deal with a massive homelessness problem while simultaneously offering sanctuary for illegals as the middle class exodus continues? And with the secession movement, they're aiming for peak retard - Venezuela style.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 30 2018, @10:22PM
I dunno, apparently some other state beat us to it. Where do you live?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 31 2018, @03:03PM
Yeah I still remember the day when jimmy carter created the sanctuary concept from thin air. It would be just a few months later that Reagan would own him and start helping the homeless.