Starbucks must put a CANCER warning on coffee sold in California judge rules

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Starbucks Corp and other coffee sellers must put a cancer warning on coffee sold in California, a Los Angeles judge has ruled, possibly exposing the companies to millions of dollars in fines.

A little-known not-for-profit group sued some 90 coffee retailers, including Starbucks, on grounds they were violating a California law requiring companies to warn consumers of chemicals in their products that could cause cancer.

One of those chemicals is acrylamide, a byproduct of roasting coffee beans that is present in high levels in brewed coffee.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle said in a decision dated Wednesday that Starbucks and other companies had failed to show there was no significant risk from a carcinogen produced in the coffee roasting process, court documents showed.



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[NightWatcher]

1. Put it below the Warning: you're paying $5.62 for a cup of sugar and bitter beans. Enjoy diabetes.

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4. Acrylamide is found in a long list of baked, roasted, and fried foods

Acrylamide has probably always been in some foods, but this wasn’t known until Swedish scientists first found it in certain foods in 2002.

Acrylamide doesn’t appear to be in raw foods themselves. It’s formed when certain starchy foods are cooked at high temperatures (above about 250° F). Cooking at high temperatures causes a chemical reaction between certain sugars and an amino acid (asparagine) in the food, which forms acrylamide. Cooking methods such as frying, baking, broiling, or roasting are more likely to create acrylamide, while boiling, steaming, and microwaving appear less likely to do so. Longer cooking times and cooking at higher temperatures can increase the amount of acrylamide in foods further.

Acrylamide is found mainly in plant foods, such as potato products, grain products, or coffee. Foods such as French fries and potato chips seem to have the highest levels of acrylamide, but it’s also found in breads and other grain products. Acrylamide does not form (or forms at lower levels) in dairy, meat, and fish products.

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/acrylamide.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide

[NCTraveler]

2. I frequent the Home Depot in my area.

So many tags on products say "This Product is Known to Cause Cancer by The State Of California."

It makes me thankful to live in Florida where we are safe from these things.

[jberryhill]

3. Yep. California is a scary place

I once stayed in a hotel which the State of California determined to contain cancer causing materials. Said so right on a plaque outside.

[NurseJackie]

5. Ha!! :-D

[rownesheck]

6. seems

everything now causes cancer. It's aggravating beyond belief. Soon, we'll find out renewable energy causes cancer! I've given up and will just live with the fact that I'll get cancer no matter what. No way to stop it.