ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Date: January 22, 2016
* Settlement has a potential positive worldwide-impact on how companies screen for lead in processed foods
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The nation’s largest multinational confectionery, food, and beverage conglomerate, Mondelēz International, Inc., formerly Kraft Foods, will pay more than $758,000 in a consumer protection settlement for illegally selling ginger snap cookies in excess of California lead limits without a warning. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA), in conjunction with nine other California District Attorney’s Offices, the California Attorney General’s Office, and the non-profit Center for Environmental Health (CEH), reached a settlement in a suit filed simultaneously with a consent judgment yesterday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Orange County Superior Court, which is pending approval from an Orange County Superior Court judge. Mondelēz will pay a total of $758,250 in civil penalties, costs, and attorneys’ fees in the proposed settlement. Continue reading