Signs warning that eating grilled chicken can cause cancer: Are they coming soon to a California restaurant near you?
Maybe.
A California appellate court this week reignited a case that alleges that the chicken-grilling process used by McDonald’s Corp., TGI Friday's, Applebee’s, Chick-fil-A, Chili's and Outback Steakhouse creates a cancer-causing chemical — and therefore that state law requires the restaurateurs to warn consumers about it.
A watchdog group called Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine said it tested grilled chicken samples from a variety of restaurants. They found, according to court documents, the presence of the chemical PhIP.
So they sued seven chains in 2008 in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming that California law required the businesses to give customers a “clear and reasonable warning” about carcinogenic products in their food. They asked the court to force the restaurants to pay civil penalties — a relatively stout max of $2,500 a day per violation — and notify the public about the alleged carcinogens. (Burger King, which had been part of the original case, settled with the physicians group and isn’t part of the appeal.)
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