Proposition 65
April 4, 2013
Excerpted from the full article at the Environmental Leader:
Law firm the Chanler Group has filed Proposition 65 civil complaints in the Superior Court of California against spice and flavoring manufacturer McCormick & Company, coffee and flavoring manufacturer Farmer Bros., and Adams Extract & Spice, LLC. The complaints charge the three defendants with distributing...
4-MEI, Adams Extract & Spice, LLC, Farmer Bros. Co., Leeman, McCormick & Company, Incorporated, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
April 4, 2013
For the first quarter of 2013, citizen enforcers represented by The Chanler Group have secured civil penalties under Proposition 65 in excess of $1 million from businesses offering consumer products for sale in California containing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm without first providing the required health hazard warning.
After a court approves a...
April 3, 2013
Russell Brimer, Peter Englander, and Laurence Vinocur--three clients of The Chanler Group--today served sixteen 60-Day Notices of Violation of Proposition 65 on companies offering products for sale in the State of California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, without the required health hazard warning. Chemicals allegedly found in the...
60 Day Notice, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Flame retardants, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65, TCEP, TDCPP
April 3, 2013
Excerpted from the full article at FoodBev.com:
The Chanler Group, a US environmental law firm, has filed Proposition 65 civil complaints against three prominent US food suppliers.
Spice and flavouring manufacturer McCormick & Company, coffee and flavouring manufacturer Farmer Bros and Adams Extract & Spice.
The complaints charge the three defendants with distributing...
4-MEI, Adams Extract & Spice, LLC, Farmer Bros. Co., Leeman, McCormick & Company, Incorporated, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
April 3, 2013
Excerpted from the full article at foodproductdesign.com:
McCormick & Company, Inc., Farmer Bros. Co. and Adams Extract & Spice LLC all have been sued by a Connecticut-based law firm for violating California's Proposition 65. The lawsuits claim the companies failed to provide a warning that they are distributing food extracts, flavors and colorings containing...
4-MEI, Adams Extract & Spice, LLC, Farmer Bros. Co., Leeman, McCormick & Company, Incorporated, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
April 2, 2013
BERKELEY, Calif. – April 2, 2013 – The Chanler Group (www.chanler.com), a Connecticut-based environmental law firm, has filed Proposition 65 civil complaints on behalf of Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D., against three prominent national food suppliers: spice and flavoring manufacturer McCormick & Company, Inc.; coffee and flavoring manufacturer Farmer Bros. Co.; as...
April 2, 2013
On March 13, Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of The Chanler Group, commenced three Proposition 65 private enforcement actions today against manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of food extracts, flavors, and colorings containing 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI or 4MI), a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer. 4-MEI is used in the manufacture of caramel...
4-MEI, 4-Methylimidazole, Cancer, Caramel Coloring, flavor, food, Food Coloring, Food Extracts, Imitation Maple Flavor, Proposition 65
April 1, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week that it will begin assessments of 23 commonly used chemicals, with a specific focus on flame retardants, in order to understand potential risks to people and the environment.
The list includes 20 flame retardant chemicals, four of which will undergo full risk assessments. Those four are:
Tris(2-...
March 28, 2013
The Marin County Superior Court today granted the motion of Dr. Anthony Held, a client of The Chanler Group, to approve a Proposition 65 Settlement and Consent Judgment entered into with Kiss Nail Products, Inc. and Kiss Products, Inc. (collectively Kiss), in which Kiss has agreed to pay civil penalties and reformulate its pedicure and manicure kits to reduce or virtually...
March 26, 2013
Some residents of Garfield, New Jersey will have their toenail clippings analyzed and measured for hexavalent chromium, the Associated Press reported. Hexavalent chromium is a chemical known to the State of California to cause reproductive harm and cancer (more specifically, lung, nasal, and sinus cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)). Because...
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