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Article: Starbucks denies adding unapproved additive to certain tea products.(Starbucks Corp. defends ephedrine lawsuit)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Food & Drink Weekly
- Article date:
- September 17, 2001
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The Starbucks Corp. denied that the company added the stimulant ephedrine to its tea products without warning consumers. The Council for Education and Research on Toxics claimed the chemical was placed in Starbucks' Tazo Chai Tea product without approval from FDA sued the Seattle-based coffee company last week in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Starbucks officials said that as a matter of policy it normally does not comment on pending litigation, but felt that it was important for customers to know that ephedrine has never been used as an ingredient in Tazo's Chai Tea or any other Tazo product. "We have tested ...