4-MEI

Synonyms

  • 4MEI
  • 4MI
  • 4MEI
August 22, 2013
Though Coca-Cola has reformulated its products both within and without California to no longer contain the cancer-causing chemical 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), Pepsi products purchased outside of California still contain 4-MEI, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) announced earlier this month. Last March, both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo stated they would change their caramel...
April 9, 2013
Excerpted from full article at Prop 65 News: Citizen enforcer Whitney Leeman, Ph.D. has filed three Proposition 65 enforcement actions against prominent national food suppliers in San Francisco Superior Court.  Named in the lawsuits are spice and flavoring manufacturer McCormick & Company, Inc., coffee and flavoring manufacturer Farmer Bros. Co.; as well as Adams...
In the News
April 4, 2013
Excerpted from the full article at the Environmental Leader: Law firm the Chanler Group has filed Proposition 65 civil complaints in the Superior Court of California against spice and flavoring manufacturer McCormick & Company, coffee and flavoring manufacturer Farmer Bros., and Adams Extract & Spice, LLC. The complaints charge the three defendants with distributing...
In the News
April 3, 2013
Excerpted from the full article at FoodBev.com: The Chanler Group, a US environmental law firm, has filed Proposition 65 civil complaints against three prominent US food suppliers. Spice and flavouring manufacturer McCormick & Company, coffee and flavouring manufacturer Farmer Bros and Adams Extract & Spice. The complaints charge the three defendants with distributing...
In the News
April 3, 2013
Excerpted from the full article at foodproductdesign.com: McCormick & Company, Inc., Farmer Bros. Co. and Adams Extract & Spice LLC all have been sued by a Connecticut-based law firm for violating California's Proposition 65. The lawsuits claim the companies failed to provide a warning that they are distributing food extracts, flavors and colorings containing...
In the News
April 2, 2013
BERKELEY, Calif. – April 2, 2013 – The Chanler Group (www.chanler.com), a Connecticut-based environmental law firm, has filed Proposition 65 civil complaints on behalf of Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D., against three prominent national food suppliers: spice and flavoring manufacturer McCormick & Company, Inc.; coffee and flavoring manufacturer Farmer Bros. Co.; as...
Press Releases
April 2, 2013
On March 13, Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of The Chanler Group, commenced three Proposition 65 private enforcement actions today against manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of food extracts, flavors, and colorings containing 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI or 4MI), a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.  4-MEI is used in the manufacture of caramel...
March 13, 2013
Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of The Chanler Group, commenced three Proposition 65 private enforcement actions today against manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of food extracts, flavors, and colorings containing 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI or 4MI), a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.  Products such as imitation maple flavor and caramel...
August 16, 2013
Dr. Whitney Leeman, a client of The Chanler Group, and Farmer Bros., a food service company, reached a settlement yesterday resolving Leeman’s allegations that Farmer Bros. violated Proposition 65 by offering for sale food extracts, flavorings, and colorings containing the chemical 4-MEI in California without the required health hazard warning. California has designated...
December 21, 2012
On December 20 and 21, 2012, Russell Brimer, Whitney Leeman, and Laurence Vinocur, clients of The Chanler Group, served a combined total of 17 new 60-Day Notices of Violation on companies offering products containing phthalates and food coloring containing 4 methylimidazole (4-MEI) for sale in California without a Proposition 65 warning. The products include various products...