Held v. Intellicomp, Inc. dba Nature Snax and Sea Snax

Posted: 08/21/2014  browse the case archive

Citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling party Intellicomp, Inc. dba Nature Snax and/or Sea Snax (collectively “Sea Snax”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on August 21, 2014, which resolved Held’s allegations that Sea Snax sold dried seaweed containing arsenic in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Sea Snax agreed not to sell any seaweed in California after August 31, 2014, unless the seaweed meets the reformulation requirements outlined in Section 2.1 of the Settlement Agreement or contains the Proposition 65 warnings provided in Section 2.3.  Should Sea Snax provide written certification by November 15, 2014, that all seaweed sold in California qualifies as reformulated, Held agreed to waive the final civil penalty in its entirety. 

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $35,000, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Held and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.  

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