Dried Teas
December 28, 2016
December 28, 2016
December 28, 2016
(Other) Reproductive Harm, Birth Defects, Cole Coffee Company, Inc., Dried Teas, Lead, Whitney R. Leeman
December 12, 2016
On December 12, 2016, citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D. and settling party Chevalier International (USA) Inc. (“Chevalier”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Leeman had alleged that Chevalier sold dried teas containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Chevalier International (USA) Inc., Citizen Enforcer, Civil penalties, Dried Teas, Lead, Out-of-Court Settlement, Proposition 65, Reformulation, Whistleblower, Whitney R. Leeman
November 7, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued more 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 violation against tea distributors, including Ten Ren Tea Co., Starwest Botanicals, and Hsin Tung Yang Foods. Dr. Leeman alleges that the companies sold dried teas in California that contained the heavy metal lead without the requisite health hazard warning. Lead is known to the State of...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Dried Teas, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65 enforcement action
October 28, 2016
(Other) Reproductive Harm, Birth Defects, C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., Dried Teas, Lead, Whitney R. Leeman
September 7, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has issued more 60-Day Notices of Proposition 65 violation against various tea distributors, including Anhing Corporation, Frontier Cooperative, and Save Mart Supermarkets. Dr. Leeman alleges that the companies sold dried teas, both loose-leaf and bagged, in California that contained the heavy metal lead, without the requisite health hazard warning...
Birth Defects and Other Reproductive Harm, Cancer, Citizen Enforcer, Current Pursuits, DEHP, Dried Teas, Lead, Phthalates, Proposition 65 enforcement action
September 7, 2016
(Other) Reproductive Harm, Birth Defects, Dried Teas, Lead, U.S. Trading Company, Ustov, Inc., Whitney R. Leeman
September 7, 2016
(Other) Reproductive Harm, Beverages, Birth Defects, Dried Teas, Lead, Uncle Lee’s Tea Inc., Whitney R. Leeman
September 7, 2016
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