Citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D. and settling party The French Gourmet, Inc. executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on June 11, 2013. In this matter, Leeman alleged French Gourmet sold flame-cooked ground beef burgers containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, including benz[a]anthracene, benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, and...
The San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Leeman v. 26 California Bazar, Inc., et al. on August 31, 2004. The settlement resolved the allegations of citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D. that defendant 26 California Bazar, Inc. sold certain glassware products with colored artwork and/or designs on the exterior of the glass with materials in the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
