Wozniak Reaches Settlement with A.L. Schutzman Company Re: Glass Jars

Paul Wozniak has negotiated a settlement with A.L. Schutzman Company that resolve allegations that the company violated Proposition 65 by selling glass jars with exterior decorations that contained the heavy metal lead without the requisite health hazard warning.

Lead is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Proposition 65 requires that companies offering products for sale in California that contain lead must provide consumers with a “clear and reasonable” warning of the risk of exposure.  Wozniak alleged that A.L. Schutzman failed to do so with its glass jars.

In addition to paying civil penalties, A.L. Schutzman has agreed to sell only glass jars whose exterior decorations have been reformulated to be virtually free of lead.

For more details and to read the settlement, please see the case summary on our website: Wozniak v. A.L. Schutzman Company, Inc.

The Chanler Group represents citizen enforcers who, acting in the public interest, commence actions against businesses offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm without first providing the health hazard warning required by Proposition 65. Citizen enforcers bringing Proposition 65 actions in the public interest may obtain a Court Judgment imposing civil penalties, an injunction requiring reformulation of products, and/or provision of health hazard warnings