Environmental
Jul. 18, 2013
Judge tentatively sides with food industry in baby food hazard case
An Alameda County judge has tentatively sided with the food industry in a case in which the makers of products such as baby foods and fruit juice are fighting claims their products contain hazardous levels of lead.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An Alameda County judge has tentatively sided with the food industry in a closely-watched case in which the makers of products such as baby foods and fruit juice are fighting claims their products contain hazardous levels of lead.
Superior Court Judge Steven A. Brick rejected claims by the Oakland-based nonprofit Environmental Law Foundation that corporations including Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. and Del Monte Corp. had viola...
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