Group Pushes for Cancer Warnings on Hot Dogs

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“Warning: May Cause Cancer” is a notice you would expect to see on a pack of cigarettes, not a pack of hot dogs. But consumers may one day see the admonition starring them in the face when biting into one of these American food favorites—that is, if The Cancer Project gets its way.

The nonprofit filed a lawsuit yesterday in a New Jersey Supreme Court in an effort to force hot dog producing companies—including ConAgra, Kraft Foods, and Nathan’s Famous—to print cancer-risk warning labels on hot dog packages sold in the Garden State.

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