date:Apr 10, 2013
The Proposition 65 case, filed two years ago by the Environmental Law Foundation, is in day two of a court trial.
Beach-Nut Nutrition Corp., Dole Packaged Frozen Foods, Inc. and Gerber Products Company are among the defendants that have been accused of violating California law, which requires that businesses warn consumers before exposing them to chemicals that cause birth defects or cancer.
Counsel for the defendants has argued trace levels of lead found in the food is naturally occurring, Th