Companies consent to cancer warnings on coffee to settle litigation

A protracted and closely watched legal dispute is finally moving towards resolution with 13 companies, including 7-Eleven, recently agreeing to include cancer warnings on the coffee that they sell in California. The warnings are because of the presence of low levels of the carcinogen acrylamide in the coffee. The action was part of a settlement in the case. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2010 by the non-profit Council for Education and Research on Toxics (Cert), centres on California’s Proposition 65 legislation.