Glass Food & Beverage Products

August 18, 2005
In response to increasing and overwhelming evidence that decorations appearing on the exterior surfaces of ceramicware and glassware (and in some instances inside the vessel) contain detectable levels of lead and cadmium, The Chanler Group client, Russell Brimer, initiated enforcement actions targeting this industry. Mr. Brimer’s efforts resulted in a 2005 global opt-in...
Cadmium, Lead
December 27, 2011
On December 27, 2011, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling defendant Arrow Plastic Manufacturing Co. ("Arrow") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Held's allegations that Arrow sold glassware with colored artwork or designs on the exterior containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without...
Lead
September 7, 2011
On September 7, 2011, citizen enforcers Russell Brimer and John Moore entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement with settling defendant Kikkerland Design, Inc. ("Kikkerland"), which resolved Brimer's allegations that Kikkerland sold glassware with exterior decorations containing excessive amounts of the heavy metal lead in the State of California without...
DEHP, Lead
August 25, 2011
On August 25, 2011, citizen enforcers Russell Brimer and Whitney Leeman and settling defendant Gibson Overseas, Incorporated ("Gibson") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Brimer's allegations that Gibson sold decorated glassware products in the State of California containing the heavy metal lead without providing the requisite...
Lead
September 15, 2011
On September 15, 2011, the San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. Kinokuniya Book Stores of America Company Ltd., which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that the defendant Kinokuniya Book Stores of America Company Limited ("Kinokuniya") sold decorated glassware and ceramic mugs with paint containing the...
Lead