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Litigation

Apr. 5, 2013

Rare toxics trial set to start over lead in baby food, fruit juice and canned fruit

It hardly ever happens - a trial over the state's unique toxics warning law. The high-stakes case scheduled to open Monday concerns lead in baby food, fruit juice and canned fruit and unlike most other Proposition 65 cases, has not settled.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


It hardly ever happens - a trial over the state's unique toxics warning law. The high-stakes case scheduled to open Monday concerns lead in baby food, fruit juice and canned fruit and unlike almost all other cases brought under Proposition 65, it has not settled out of court. The fight revolves around whether major food companies violated the law by failing to notify consumers that some of its products conta...

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