Prop 65 Benchmark

Food: spices and seasonings: Proposition 65 notices and settlements

Notices about products in the category Food: spices and seasonings, and what they settled for.

Notices
753
8% withdrawn
Recorded settlements
134
19% of active notices
Median total payment
$22,500
range $5,000 to $155,000, n=134
Median days to settlement
n/a
from notice filing date
PaymentMedianMiddle halfRangeSample
Civil penalty$2,000$1,500 to $3,500$100 to $31,000134
Attorney fees and costs$20,000$16,000 to $32,000$4,500 to $124,000134
Total payments$22,500$17,500 to $35,000$5,000 to $155,000134

Settlements that ended in reformulation: 63%. Settlements that ended in warnings: 97%. A settlement reported under several notice numbers is counted once.

Most common chemicals

ChemicalsNotices
Lead362
Lead and lead compounds300
Cadmium40
Arsenic (inorganic arsenic compounds)20
Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP)20
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