Starbucks is being sued after being accused of using a poisonous pesticide around food in several NYC stores. More inside...
NYC Starbucks customers beware!
Two pest control technicians and a former Starbucks employee are suing the coffee company after making claims that management at several Starbucks locations in Manhattan have been using a poisonous pesticide that's NOT to be used around food, or humans for that matter, to control filthy conditions.
Apparently, the stores were putting pest-control products down that contain toxic chemicals near bagels, pastries and coffee drinks to control fruit flies, cockroaches, and other insects. In one class action lawsuit filed in Manhattan, 10 Starbucks customers claim that they were "exposed to the toxic chemical" Dichlorvos, or DDVP, after making purchases in multiple city stores over the last three years. Yikes.
NBC News reports:
The lawsuit states that Starbucks uses the strips in its Manhattan stores to keep cockroaches and other pests away. The strips, which can be purchased in many home and garden stores as well as online, kill insects but are also harmful to human beings, according to the lawsuit.
Photos that were attached to the lawsuit show the strips next to bagels, food preparation equipment and near air vents.
Paul D'Auria is a licensed pest control technician for AVP Termite & Pest Control and he provided extermination services to Starbucks in New York from 2013 through June 2018, according to one of the lawsuits. He said he found the strips under bagels and near pastry often and even observed Starbucks managers placing sets of DDVP No-Pest Strips "within virtually each of the more than 100 stores that he serviced," the lawsuit noted. Wow.
A pest control technician who worked at multiple Manhattan Starbucks locations, and his supervisor, also allege that from 2016 to 2018 they made several complaints about the strips. In June 2018, Starbucks terminated its contract with the pest control company to silence the technician's "repeated reports and complaints about the foregoing risks to health and safety," according to the suit.
Really, Starbucks?
In the second suit, a former Starbucks employee claims he was fired in February 2018 after complaining about the misuse of the pesticide strips.
They'e all seeking unspecified damages.
A spokesperson for Starbucks confirmed to NBC News that the pesticide strips were being used in violation of its policy, and once it was made aware of the complaints, the company stopped using them. Hmmm...
The spokesperson also claims they hired an outside expert who examined the stores and determined that customers and emoployees were not put at risk.
Thoughts?
Photos: thanet007 / Shutterstock.com
source: theybf
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