Starbucks and other coffee purveyors will probably have to use warning labels after a Los Angeles judge ruled that they failed to prove they should be exempt from a California law on carcinogens and toxic chemicals.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle wrote in a tentative decision in April 2018 that the coffee companies did not meet their burden to prove that there was a safe level for consumers for a chemical compound created in roasting coffee.
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