• Coffee sellers are thinking deeply about how to fight a California state judge’s ruling that would demand them to state cancer warning labels to the branded beverage.
• Starbucks & Dunkin’ Donuts – members of the National Coffee Association.
• In addition, it said in a Thursday statement that it is considering all of the options, including appeals and legal actions.
• The ruling arises from a lawsuit filed in 2010 by the council for Education.
• In addition to Research on Toxics – nonprofit group.
• The group complains that Starbucks & Dunkin’ Donuts and the other 91 defendants didn’t warn customers that drinking coffee would expose them to Acrylamide.
• Moreover, this Acrylamide is a chemical formed when coffee beans are roasted.

Acrylamide

• It has been included since 1990 on California’s list of chemicals that are considered to cause cancer or harm.
• The state’s safe drinking and toxic enforcement Act is known as Proposition 65.
• It asks business owners to provide warnings.
• Moreover, exposing consumers to any of the harmful chemicals listed.
• The state’s judge wrote that companies failed to show that Acrylamide doesn’t carry a severe risk when produced during roasting.
• In addition, the defendants failed to prove any health benefits granted by coffee.

• The chief executive of the coffee association.
• Moreover, William Murray says there’s no doubt about the presence of acrylamide in coffee.
• However, its amount is minimal & putting warning labels would be confusing & misleading.
• He cited a statement from WHO, “The World Health Organization”.
• In addition, the coffee drink does not cause cancer, and studies showed the health benefits of coffee, like ageing.
• Moreover, Starbucks & Dunkin’ Donuts and other defendants are expected to move forward to file objections to the proposed decision within the next two weeks.

• The National Cancer Institute notes that, among foods, coffee is a significant source of acrylamide.
• Along with potato chips, bread, breakfast cereals and canned black olives.
• Furthermore, the government agency also mentions that acrylamide levels in food vary widely.
• Moreover, people are exposed to substantially more acrylamide from tobacco smoke than from food.