Tag: acrylamide
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Ninth Circuit Declines En Banc Review of Acrylamide Decision
The Ninth Circuit has denied the Council for Education and Research on Toxics’ petition for an en banc reconsideration of a March 2022 decision upholding a preliminary injunction on enforcing mandated warnings on products containing acrylamide under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Prop. 65). Cal. Chamber of Com. v. Council…
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Court Issues Injunction on Prop. 65 Acrylamide Enforcement Through Lawsuits
A California federal court has ruled that the state “has not shown that the cancer warnings it requires are purely factual and uncontroversial” or “that Proposition 65 imposes no undue burden on those who would provide a more carefully worded warning.” Cal. Chamber of Com. v. Becerra, No. 19-2019 (E.D. Cal., entered March 29, 2021).…
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Cal. Chamber of Commerce Challenges Prop. 65 Acrylamide Warning
The California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber) has filed a lawsuit aiming to prevent the state from “enforcing a requirement to provide a false, misleading, and highly controversial cancer warning for food and beverage [] products that contain the chemical acrylamide.” Cal. Chamber of Commerce v. Becerra, No. 19-0962 (E.D. Cal., filed October 7, 2019). CalChamber…
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Center for Food Safety Alleges Children’s Foods Violate Prop. 65
The Center for Food Safety has filed a lawsuit alleging Dr. Praeger’s Sensible Foods Inc. violates California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop. 65) by failing to warn consumers that its children’s food products contain levels of acrylamide in excess of 0.2 micrograms per day. Ctr. for Food Safety v. Dr. Praeger’s Sensible Foods,…
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Study Reportedly Links Ultra-Processed Foods to Increased Cancer Risk
Researchers in France and Brazil have concluded that a 10 percent increase in the consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with a “significant increase of greater than 10% in risks of overall and breast cancer.” Thibault Fiolet, et al., “Consumption of ultra-processed food and cancer risks: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort,” BMJ, February 14, 2018. The…
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British Survey Shows “Upward Trend” in Acrylamide Levels for Some Retail Foods
The U.K. Food Standards Agency (FSA) has released its fourth Food Surveillance Information Sheet analyzing acrylamide and furan levels in 248 retail products from 10 food groups. Conducted from 2007 to 2011, the survey apparently revealed “an upward trend in acrylamide levels in processed cereal-based baby foods (excluding rusks), and a reduction in other products,…
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Prop. 65 Lawsuit Seeks Warnings for Acrylamide in Coffee
The Metzger Law Group has filed a lawsuit under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop. 65) on behalf of the Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT), seeking an order to require coffee makers and retailers to warn consumers that coffee contains acrylamide, a chemical known to the state to cause…
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EPA Adds Chemicals in Pesticides and Plastics to Endocrine Disruptor Screening List
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the addition of 134 chemicals to its second Tier 1 screening list under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). Among those chemicals listed are DBCP, 1,4-dioxane, acetaldehyde, acrolein, acrylamide, benzene, benzo(a)pyrene, chlordane, HCFC-22, perchlorate, PFOS, PFOA, and polychlorinated biphenyls. Comments are requested by December 17, 2010. According to…