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Civil Litigation,
Health Care & Hospital Law,
Government

Sep. 18, 2019

New battle brewing over whether coffee requires a warning label

A new state law stating the beverage is not hazardous after all contradicts a 2005 finding by the California health hazard agency.

A new battle is brewing in the nearly 10-year litigation over whether there is a cancer link in coffee that requires warning labels, this time regarding a new state law stating the beverage is not hazardous after all.

After a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled coffee industry attorneys could use the new regulation as a defense, the plaintiff, Council for the Education and Research on Toxics, is preparing to put forth a nu...

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