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Civil Litigation

Oct. 4, 2017

Plaintiff’s expert: Coffee would still taste good without carcinogenic chemical

Faced with a hypothetical, a plaintiff’s expert who said coffee vendors can reduce the amount of acrylamide in their product did not say what an appropriate amount of the carcinogen would be.

Plaintiff’s expert: Coffee would still taste good without carcinogenic chemical
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LOS ANGELES — Faced with a hypothetical, a plaintiff’s expert in a trial over product labeling who said coffee vendors can reduce the amount of acrylamide in the drink without making it taste bad did not say what an appropriate amount of the carcinogen would be.

Attorneys defending Starbucks and more than 60 coffee vendors statewide from a lawsuit claiming they failed to warn customers that acrylamide in coffee is linked to cancer h...

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