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Starbucks must put cancer warning on California coffee -judge

Nonprofit group Council for Education and Research on Toxics sued several companies that sell coffee in the US for failing to warn customers about carcinogenic ingredient in roasted coffee beans. California judge Elihu Berle ruled in favour of CERT.

AP

A Los Angeles judge ruled Starbucks Corp and other coffee companies must put a cancer warning label on coffee products sold in California.

Starbucks Corp and other coffee companies must put a cancer warning label on coffee products sold in California, a Los Angeles judge ruled.

Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle said in a proposed decision Wednesday that Starbucks and other companies had failed to show that the threat from a chemical compound produced when roasting coffee was insignificant, court documents showed.

Starbucks and other plaintiffs in the case have until April 10 to file objections.

Frances Read has more.

Officials from Starbucks Corp, McDonald’s Corp , Dunkin’ Donuts and Peet’s did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The California-based Council for Education and Research on Toxics sued Starbucks and other companies on grounds they failed to provide warnings to consumers that the coffee they sold contained high levels of acrylamide, a toxic and carcinogenic chemical, court documents showed.

SOURCE: Reuters