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    FACT CHECK: Calif. Judge Rules Coffee Must Come With A Cancer Warning, But Should It?

    The alleged culprit is acrylamide, a chemical found in roasted beans.
    by Sasha Ingber Mar 30, 2018 3 minutes
    A Los Angeles Judge ruled that coffee companies in California must carry a cancer warning label because of a chemical that is produced during the coffee bean roasting process.

    Coffee companies in California must carry a cancer warning label, because of a chemical produced while beans roast, a California judge tentatively ruled Wednesday.

    The decision was the result of a lawsuit filed in 2008 by a California-based nonprofit called The Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT).

    The lawsuit targets Starbucks and dozens of other coffee purveyors under the state's , which requires companies with more than 10 employees to warn their customers about the prevalence

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