Brimer v. Bristol Farms, et al.

On May 4, 2007, the Los Angeles Central District County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. Bristol Farms, et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that defendants Bristol Farms and New Bristol Farms, Inc. (collectively "Bristol Farms") sold glass bottles and other glassware with colored artwork containing the heavy metal lead on their exterior surfaces in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Bristol Farms agreed not to sell any glassware in California after October 2, 2006, unless the glassware has Proposition 65 warnings provided or contains no more than 0.06 percent of lead in the decorating materials when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $40,000, to be divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Brimer and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.