South Korea’s health authorities are scrutinising the risk of an allegedly cancer-causing chemical in coffee, following a Los Angeles judge’s decision to require Starbucks and other coffee companies in California to put cancer warnings on their products. As highlighted by C&CI earlier this month, a judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Starbucks and many […]
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The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has issued a statement in response to last week’s ruling by a judge about California’s Proposition 65 ruling. The judge in Los Angeles ruled that Starbucks and many other coffee companies involved in lawsuits brought by the Council for Education and Research on Toxics had failed to warn customers about
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A judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Starbucks and many other coffee companies failed to warn customers about acrylamide, which is produced during the roasting process. The companies were sued by California-based Council for Education and Research on Toxics. It argued that acrylamide is carcinogenic under state law and should therefore be sold with
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Law firm Bryan Cave LLP says a ruling is expected soon in an important case relating to California’s Proposition 65 and acrylamide in coffee. “California Proposition 65 litigation over acrylamide in food has been heating up lately, receiving national news coverage in anticipation of a ruling in a fiercely contested case involving exposure to acrylamide
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The £9.6 billion UK coffee shop market grew by 7.3 per cent in terms of turnover in 2017, making it one of the UK’s strongest performing sectors. According to Project Café 2018 UK, a new report from Allegra World Coffee Portal, 1,215 stores were added to the market in the last 12 months, reaching a
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I was interested to read about advocacy organisation Stand.earth’s recent protest outside Starbucks’ headquarters in Seattle as part of its #BetterCup campaign. The Bellingham-based group said it wants Starbucks to fulfil a commitment it made in 2008 to make a fully recyclable cup, without a plastic lining. Its recent report, ‘Trashed: The Secret of the
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The US coffee shop market continued to grow in 2017, with competition from branded coffee-focused and food-focused chains, independent coffee shops and other channels and is expected to continue to grow. The branded chain sector, which is estimated to number around 34,000 outlets, has driven the growth, which increased by 3.6 per cent in number
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In an ongoing lawsuit that resumed on 25 September in a Los Angeles state court, a non-profit group is proposing that manufacturers, distributors and retailers be required to post warnings about acrylamide in coffee. Acrylamide, which is said to be carcinogenic, is created during the coffee-roasting process and found in cooked foods such as French
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Underpinned by insight into coffee cup disposal habits and with trials supported by partners such as Costa and Starbucks, Veolia in the UK is rolling out a national coffee cup recycling solution. With 84 per cent of takeaway hot drink consumers still using disposable cups, Veolia’s coffee cup solution aims to collect takeaway cups as soon
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Initial figures on paper cup collection from the Square Mile Challenge cup recycling scheme in London suggest that the initiative was on course to meet its target of a half a million cups in the month of April. The first three weeks of the initiative saw 343,000 cups collected thanks to over 250 recycling points
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