LOS ANGELES (CN) � You want cancer with that? Wendy�s, KFC and HJ Heinz Co. made and sold to the public French fries containing acrylamide, a carcinogen, Environmental World Watch claims in Superior Court. In a separate suit, it accuses Procter & Gamble and Frito-Lay of the same violations. Plaintiff claims the defendants in the first case violated state and federal laws by failing to inform the public that the Ore-Ida brand potatoes used in their French fries were treated with the chemical. P&G is accused of putting the chemical without warnings in its Pringles chips and Snack Stacks, and Frito-Lay of putting it in its Fritos chips and Tostitos tortilla chips.
Acrylamide is listed under California�s Prop. 65 as a possible carcinogen that requires public warnings to be posted at outlets where products containing it are sold, the complaint states.
Details here from Courthouse News Service.