THe FDA are not coffee experts and do you actually have a link? Besides that this article says different.
Food Safety and the Law - Defending and Preventing a Coffee Burn Lawsuit
Many courts have examined what constitutes the “industry standard” for coffee temperatures. In New York, a court ruled a plaintiff failed to show that coffee served between 180° and 190° F exceeds industry standards. In Indiana, a federal district judge concluded the industry standard for coffee temperature is between 170° and 205° F. In Minnesota, a court ruled coffee brewed at 190° and held at 180° is within industry standards. These judicial determinations are supported by the fact that most home coffee machines hold coffee for serving at temperatures between 170° and 185° F.
If notice in bold black letters it says brewed coffee should be enjoyed immediately. I could be wrong but nowhere on this planet does "immediately" mean at a later time.
How To Brew Coffee - National Coffee Association
Brewed coffee should be enjoyed immediately!
How many people let the pot sit for several minutes before pouring themselves a cup of coffee?
No it wouldn't have. She was exposed to hot coffee for 90 seconds and that most certianly would have been enough time for a 155 degree coffee to give her 3rd degree burns.
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Most adults will suffer third-degree burns if exposed to 150 degree water for two seconds.
They are experts on coffee.
Did McDonalds pour coffee of her?
Did McDonalds shove her while she was opening her coffee?
Does McDonalfs have a how-to poster at the drive through depicting customers sticking a cup of hot liquid in between their legs and proceeding to open the lid?
Did McDonalds lie to her and tell her it was safe to put a cup of coffee in between her legs?
Did McDonalds hold a gun to her head and force her to put a cup of hot coffee in between her legs?
Did McDonalds employees come out the store and shake her car while she was putting a cup of hot coffee in between her legs thus causing her to burn herself?
At a 170 degrees exposed to her skin for 90 seconds would have caused severe 3rd degree burns.
The only stupidity there was is on the part of the idiots who burned themselves with coffee.
It is exactly comparable. It order to injure yourself with these products you have to be pretty careless.
In order for 3rd degree burns to happen in 7 seconds the coffee would have to been at 140 degrees. These burns happened around a few seconds since the coffee was served at or near optimal temperature.
People drinking coffee understand that it is a hot liquid and therefore are careful handling it. This regardless if it 130,140,150,160 degrees and so on.