Proposition 65
Due to the widespread consumption of food additives, The Chanler Group’s clients rigorously monitor this industry to protect consumers from carcinogenic chemicals in their food products. The State of California identified and listed 4-Methylimidazole (4-MEI) as a chemical known to cause cancer on January 7, 2011. 4-MEI is commonly found in food extracts...
August 15, 2013
Whistleblower Whitney Leeman, Ph.D., resolved her allegations against the defendant Farmer Bros. Co. (“Farmer Bros”) in the enforcement action Leeman v. Farmer Bros. Co., when the parties executed a Consent Judgment on August 15, 2013. In this matter, Leeman alleged that Farmer Bros. sold food extracts, flavors, and colorings containing 4-methylimidazole (4-...
4-MEI, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Farmer Bros. Co., Food Additives, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Whistleblower, Whitney R. Leeman
Forever Beautiful elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on May 5, 2006. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead and cadmium...
Boelter, Cadmium, Ceramic Food & Beverage Products, Ceramic Non-Food & Beverage Products, Forever Beautiful, Glass Food & Beverage Products, Glass Non-Food & Beverage Products, Lead, Proposition 65, Russell Brimer
The Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in DiPirro v. Feit Electric Company, et al. on December 10, 2003. The settlement resolved the allegations of citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro that defendant Feit Electric Company sold certain light bulbs, with one or more solder points on the base, that contain lead in the State of California without providing the...
In the enforcement action Moore v. Etna Products Co., Inc., et al., the parties executed a Consent Judgment on January 10, 2013, which resolved citizen enforcer John Moore’s allegations that the defendant Etna Products Co., Inc. (“Etna”) sold ottomans containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California...
Citizen Enforcer, DEHP, Etna Products Co., Inc., Furniture, Home Decorative and Household Products, Moore, Ottomans, Proposition 65, Whistleblower
A Consent Judgment in the DiPirro v. Elsa L, Inc., et al. matter, heard in the Alameda County Superior Court, was entered on July 29, 2003. The Consent Judgment resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendant Elsa L, Inc. sold photo frames containing lead and lead compounds in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard...
September 26, 2013
TCG client Anthony Held served six new 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 yesterday. The notices were served to companies offering products such as hand tools, bags and tableware for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. Held alleges that the companies' products...
California Proposition 65, Prop 65 California, Prop 65 Warning, Proposition 65, Public Interest Attorneys, The Chanler Group, whistleblower attorney
September 25, 2013
The Settlement Agreement between citizen enforcer Peter Englander and settling party CVS Pharmacy, Inc. erroneously noticed as CVS Caremark Corporation, (“CVS”), was executed on September 25, 2013. This out-of-court agreement resolved Englander’s allegations that CVS sold vinyl/PVC automobile document holders containing the phthalate chemical di(2-...
Allison Corp., Automobile Document Holders, Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, CVS Caremark Corporation, CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Peter Englander, Proposition 65, Reformulation
September 27, 2013
(Other) Reproductive Harm, 60 Day Notice, Birth Defects, Cancer, Cohesion Products, Inc., DEHP, Fry's Electronics, Inc., Home Furniture, Proposition 65, TDCPP, The Chanler Group, Vinocur
On March 16, 2012, the Marin County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Moore v. Do It Best Corp., which resolved citizen enforcer John Moore's allegations that the defendant Do It Best Corp. ("Do It Best") sold vinyl floor tiles containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of California without providing...
DEHP, Do It Best Corp., Furniture, Home Decorative and Household Products, Moore, Proposition 65, Vinyl Flooring
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