Brimer v. Mandarin Soy Sauce, Inc., et al.

Posted: 05/01/2007  browse the case archive

Citizen enforcer Russell Brimer resolved his allegations against defendant Mandarin Soy Sauce, Inc. ("Mandarin") on May 1, 2007, when the Honorable Peter J. Busch granted the parties' motion to approve the Consent Judgment in the case of Brimer v. Mandarin Soy Sauce, Inc., et al. In this matter, Brimer alleged that Mandarin sold glass sauce bottles 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, Mandarin agreed not to sell any glass sauce bottles in California after November 12, 2006, unless the bottles have Proposition 65 warnings provided or contain no more than 0.06 percent of lead on the decorating materials and no more than 0.02 percent of lead on the lip-and-rim area when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies. By February 1, 2007, all glass sauce bottles shall qualify as reformulated.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $11,750, 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.

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