PepsiCo's Quaker Sued for Not Flagging Pesticide in Oatmeal
- Suits in three states say Quaker Oats contains weed killer
- WHO calls glyphosate a probable carcinogen; EPA disagrees
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Consumers in New York, California and Illinois sued PepsiCo Inc.’s Quaker Oats for false advertising, claiming the brand’s signature product contains a possible carcinogen that is not listed as an ingredient.
The plaintiffs say in court documents that the company’s oatmeal has glyphosate, an herbicide the World Health Organization declared a probable carcinogen last year, although an Environmental Protection Agency committee disagreed in a preliminary review. The consumers say that oat farmers use the chemical as a weed killer and a drying agent that is sprayed before harvest.