60 Day Notice 2017-02474

Withdraw Notice Add a Complaint Add a Settlement Add a Judgment

AG Number: 
2017-02474
Notice PDF: 
PDF icon 2017-02474.pdf
Date Filed: 
11/10/2017
Noticing Party: 
As You Sow
Plaintiff Attorney: 
Ellison Folk
Alleged Violators: 
Nestle USA, Inc.
Chemicals: 
Cadmium
Lead and lead compounds
Source: 
1. Any chocolate, cocoa, or cacao products, including chocolate pieces, callets, bars, nibs, liquors, and confections that contain lead and/or cadmium and are, at any time, manufactured, distributed, or sold by the alleged violator.
2. Nestle Toll House Cocoa (Powder).
3. Nestle Toll House Dark Chocolate Chips.

60-Day Notice Document

Supplemental Complaint
AG Number:
2017-02474
Complaint PDF: 
PDF icon 2017-02474C8611.pdf
Date Filed:
01/25/2018
Case Name: 
As you Sow v. Trader Joes Company et. al.
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-15-548791
Plaintiff: 
As You Sow
Plaintiff Attorney: 
Danielle Fugere
Defendant: 
Trader Joes Company, et al.
Type of Claim: 
Failure to Warn
Relief Sought: 
Warning
Contact Name: 
Danielle Fugere
Contact Organization: 
As You Sow
Email Address:
dfugere@asyousow.org
Address: 
Main Post Office As You Sow PO Box 751
City, State, Zip:
Berkeley, CA 94701
Phone Number:
(415) 577-5594
Civil Complaint
AG Number:
2017-02474
Complaint PDF: 
PDF icon 2017-02474C8610.pdf
Date Filed:
11/03/2015
Case Name: 
As you Sow v. Trader Joes Company et. al.
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-15-548791
Plaintiff: 
As You Sow
Plaintiff Attorney: 
Danielle Fugere
Defendant: 
Trader Joes Company, et al.
Type of Claim: 
Failure to Warn
Relief Sought: 
Warning
Contact Name: 
Danielle Fugere
Contact Organization: 
As You Sow
Email Address:
dfugere@asyousow.org
Address: 
Main Post Office As You Sow PO Box 751
City, State, Zip:
Berkeley, CA 94701
Phone Number:
(415) 577-5594
Supplemental Settlement
AG Number:
2017-02474
Settlement PDF: 
PDF icon 2017-02474S3254.pdf
Settlement Date:
03/20/2024
Case Name: 
As You Sow v. Trader Joe's Company, et al.
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-15-548791
Plaintiff: 
As You Sow
Plaintiff Attorney: 
Danielle Fugere
Defendant: 
Trader Joes Company, et al.
Injunctive Relief: 
Implementation of a project plan including the following 3 elements: 1. Implementation of specified projects following up on the expert investigation by (and at considerable additional cost to NAC and the initial settling defendants) 2. A further reduction of lead warning thresholds beyond the 2025 drop downs, and 3. An additional meet and confer process on the back end of these new requirements being implemented.   
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 0.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 50,000.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 100,000.00  (Outside Attorney’s Fees & Costs)
Total Payments:
$ 150,000.00
Will settlement be submitted to court?
Yes
Contact Name: 
Danielle Fugere
Contact Organization: 
As You Sow
Email Address:
dfugere@asyousow.org
Address: 
Main Post Office As You Sow PO Box 751
City, State, Zip:
Berkeley, CA 94701
Phone Number:
(415) 577-5594
Supplemental Settlement
AG Number:
2017-02474
Settlement PDF: 
PDF icon 2017-02474S3253.pdf
Settlement Date:
03/20/2024
Case Name: 
As You Sow v. Trader Joe's Company, et al.
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-15-548791
Plaintiff: 
As You Sow
Plaintiff Attorney: 
Danielle Fugere
Defendant: 
Trader Joes Company, et al.
Injunctive Relief: 
Implementation of a project plan including the following 3 elements: 1. Implementation of specified projects following up on the expert investigation by (and at considerable additional cost to NAC and the initial settling defendants) 2. A further reduction of lead warning thresholds beyond the 2025 drop downs, and 3. An additional meet and confer process on the back end of these new requirements being implemented.   
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 0.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 50,000.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 100,000.00  (Outside Attorney’s Fees & Costs)
Total Payments:
$ 150,000.00
Will settlement be submitted to court?
Yes
Contact Name: 
Danielle Fugere
Contact Organization: 
As You Sow
Email Address:
dfugere@asyousow.org
Address: 
Main Post Office As You Sow PO Box 751
City, State, Zip:
Berkeley, CA 94701
Phone Number:
(415) 577-5594
Supplemental Settlement
AG Number:
2017-02474
Settlement PDF: 
PDF icon 2017-02474S2968.pdf
Settlement Date:
01/24/2024
Case Name: 
As You Sow v. Trader Joe's Company, et al.
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-15-548791
Plaintiff: 
As You Sow
Plaintiff Attorney: 
Danielle Fugere
Defendant: 
Trader Joes Company, et al.
Injunctive Relief: 
Implementation of a project plan including the following 3 elements: 1. Implementation of specified projects following up on the expert investigation by (and at considerable additional cost to NAC and the initial settling defendants) 2. A further reduction of lead warning thresholds beyond the 2025 drop downs, and 3. An additional meet and confer process on the back end of these new requirements being implemented.   
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 0.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 50,000.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 100,000.00  (Outside Attorney’s Fees & Costs)
Total Payments:
$ 150,000.00
Will settlement be submitted to court?
Yes
Contact Name: 
Danielle Fugere
Contact Organization: 
As You Sow
Email Address:
dfugere@asyousow.org
Address: 
Main Post Office As You Sow PO Box 751
City, State, Zip:
Berkeley, CA 94701
Phone Number:
(415) 577-5594
Settlement
AG Number:
2017-02474
Settlement PDF: 
PDF icon 2017-02474S6248.pdf
Settlement Date:
12/19/2017
Case Name: 
As You Sow v. Trader Joe's et al.
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-15-548791
Plaintiff: 
As You Sow
Plaintiff Attorney: 
Ellison Folk
Defendant: 
Nestle USA, Inc.
Injunctive Relief: 
Warnings/Investigative Committee/Compliance Testing
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 22,000.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 900,000.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 3,875.00  (Penalties and In-lieu are on a sliding scale relative to company size. The total amount of in-lieu payments and payments for the compliance testing program are equal to 75% of total civil penalties. )
Total Payments:
$ 925,875.00
Will settlement be submitted to court?
Yes
Contact Name: 
Ellison Folk
Contact Organization: 
Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
Email Address:
folk@smwlaw.com
Address: 
396 Hayes Street
City, State, Zip:
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number:
(415) 552-7272
Fax Number:
(415) 552-5816
Judgment
AG Number:
2017-02474
Judgment PDF: 
PDF icon 2017-02474J5201.pdf
Judgment Date:
12/21/2017
Settlement reported to AG: 
Mon, 11/20/2023
Case Name: 
As you Sow v. Trader Joes Company et. al.
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-15-548791
Plaintiff: 
As You Sow
Plaintiff Attorney: 
As You Sow
Defendant: 
Trader Joes Company, et al.
Injunctive Relief: 
Implementation of a project plan including the following 3 elements: 1. Implementation of specified projects following up on the expert investigation by (and at considerable additional cost to NAC and the initial settling defendants) 2. A further reduction of lead warning thresholds beyond the 2025 drop downs, and 3. An additional meet and confer process on the back end of these new requirements being implemented.   
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 0.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 50,000.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 100,000.00  (Outside Attorney’s Fees & Costs)
Total Payments:
$ 150,000.00
Is Judgment Pursuant to Settlement?
Yes
Contact Name: 
Danielle Fugere
Contact Organization: 
As You Sow
Email Address:
dfugere@asyousow.org
Address: 
Main Post Office As You Sow PO Box 751
City, State, Zip:
Berkeley, CA 94701
Phone Number:
(415) 577-5594
Supplemental Judgment
AG Number:
2017-02474
Judgment PDF: 
PDF icon 2017-02474J5200.pdf
Judgment Date:
02/20/2018
Settlement reported to AG: 
Thu, 11/30/2023
Case Name: 
As you Sow v. Trader Joes Company et. al.
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-15-548791
Plaintiff: 
As You Sow
Plaintiff Attorney: 
Danielle Fugere
Defendant: 
Trader Joes Company, et al.
Injunctive Relief: 
Implementation of a project plan including the following 3 elements: 1. Implementation of specified projects following up on the expert investigation by (and at considerable additional cost to NAC and the initial settling defendants) 2. A further reduction of lead warning thresholds beyond the 2025 drop downs, and 3. An additional meet and confer process on the back end of these new requirements being implemented. 
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 0.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 50,000.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 100,000.00  (Outside Attorney’s Fees & Costs)
Total Payments:
$ 150,000.00
Is Judgment Pursuant to Settlement?
Yes
Contact Name: 
Danielle Fugere
Contact Organization: 
As You Sow
Email Address:
dfugere@asyousow.org
Address: 
Main Post Office As You Sow PO Box 751
City, State, Zip:
Berkeley, CA 94701
Phone Number:
(415) 577-5594
Judgment
AG Number:
2017-02474
Judgment PDF: 
PDF icon 2017-02474J3727.PDF
Judgment Date:
02/15/2018
Settlement reported to AG: 
Tue, 12/19/2017
Case Name: 
As You Sow v. Trader Joe's et al.
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-15-548791
Plaintiff: 
As You Sow
Plaintiff Attorney: 
Ellison Folk
Defendant: 
Nestle USA, Inc.
Injunctive Relief: 
Warnings/Investigative Committee/Compliance Testing
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 22,000.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 900,000.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 3,875.00  (Penalties and in-lieu are on a sliding scale relative to company size. The total amount of in-lieu payments and payments for the compliance testing program are equal to 75% of total civil penalties. )
Total Payments:
$ 925,875.00
Is Judgment Pursuant to Settlement?
Yes
Contact Name: 
Ellison Folk
Contact Organization: 
Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
Email Address:
folk@smwlaw.com
Address: 
396 Hayes Street
City, State, Zip:
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone Number:
(415) 552-7272
Fax Number:
(415) 552-5816

* A non-contingent civil penalty is the civil penalty that must be paid pursuant to the settlement, regardless of future events or actions of the defendant. If a settlement includes a contingent penalty, the plaintiff should report the additional penalty amount when it becomes due.