firm casework - enforcement

Held v. North American Food Distributing Company, Inc.
June 3, 2014
Arsenic
Out-of-Court Settlement Agreement
Citizen enforcer Anthony Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling party North American Food Distributing Company, Inc. (“NAFDC”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on June 3, 2014, which resolved Held’s allegations that NAFDC sold dried seaweed containing arsenic in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings. As...
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Leeman v. Adams Extract & Spice, LLC
February 5, 2014
4-MEI
Consent Judgment
In the enforcement action Leeman v. Adams Extract & Spice, LLC, the parties executed an agreement on February 5, 2014.  In this matter, whistleblower Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D., alleged that defendant Adams Extract & Spice, LLC (“Adams”) sold food extracts, flavors, and/or colorings containing 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) in the State of California...
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Leeman v. Farmer Bros. Co.
August 15, 2013
4-MEI
Consent Judgment
Whistleblower Whitney Leeman, Ph.D., resolved her allegations against the defendant Farmer Bros. Co. (“Farmer Bros”) in the enforcement action Leeman v. Farmer Bros. Co., when the parties executed a Consent Judgment on August 15, 2013.  In this matter, Leeman alleged that Farmer Bros. sold food extracts, flavors, and colorings containing 4-methylimidazole...
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