{"id":436,"date":"2016-02-01T08:06:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T14:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=436"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:37:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:37:32","slug":"lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead-Tainted Cookies Lawsuit Settles for $750,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General claiming that Nabisco Ginger Snap cookies contain nine times the amount of lead allowed according to California law has settled<\/a> for $750,000. The California Attorney General, alongside 11 district attorneys, brought the action against parent company Mondelez International, originally part of Kraft Foods, in the County of Orange on January 21, seeking damages according to California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, also known as Proposition 65.<\/p>\n

Lead poses serious risks to humans due to its properties as a neurotoxin. The ingestion of lead affects the central nervous system and can result in severe injuries\u00a0like cancer, reproductive disabilities, birth defects, and even death. When children consume lead, they face even more serious symptoms and illnesses, including developmental delay, sluggishness, and vomiting. Adults who ingest lead over a sustained period of time commonly exhibit symptoms like memory loss, abdominal pain, mood changes, and high blood pressure.<\/p>\n

Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General claiming that Nabisco Ginger Snap cookies contain nine times the amount of lead allowed according to California law has settled for $750,000. The California Attorney General, alongside 11 district attorneys, brought the action against parent company Mondelez International, originally part of Kraft Foods, in the County of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-contamination","category-food-safety","category-toxic-chemicals"],"yoast_head":"\nLead-Tainted Cookies Lawsuit Settles for $750,000 — Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog — February 1, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General claiming that Nabisco Ginger Snap cookies contain nine times the amount of lead allowed according to — February 1, 2016\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Lead-Tainted Cookies Lawsuit Settles for $750,000 — Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog — February 1, 2016\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General claiming that Nabisco Ginger Snap cookies contain nine times the amount of lead allowed according to — February 1, 2016\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Moll Law Group\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lead-Tainted Cookies Lawsuit Settles for $750,000 — Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog — February 1, 2016","description":"A lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General claiming that Nabisco Ginger Snap cookies contain nine times the amount of lead allowed according to — February 1, 2016","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Lead-Tainted Cookies Lawsuit Settles for $750,000 — Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog — February 1, 2016","twitter_description":"A lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General claiming that Nabisco Ginger Snap cookies contain nine times the amount of lead allowed according to — February 1, 2016","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Moll Law Group","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000\/"},"author":{"name":"Moll Law Group","@id":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/53d2eb37d5d0cdb46ac61abacf05ce90"},"headline":"Lead-Tainted Cookies Lawsuit Settles for $750,000","datePublished":"2016-02-01T14:06:58+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-12T17:37:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000\/"},"wordCount":546,"articleSection":["Food Contamination","Food Safety","Toxic Chemicals"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000\/","url":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000\/","name":"Lead-Tainted Cookies Lawsuit Settles for $750,000 — Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog — February 1, 2016","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-02-01T14:06:58+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-12T17:37:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/53d2eb37d5d0cdb46ac61abacf05ce90"},"description":"A lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General claiming that Nabisco Ginger Snap cookies contain nine times the amount of lead allowed according to — February 1, 2016","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/lead-tainted-cookies-lawsuit-settles-750000\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lead-Tainted Cookies Lawsuit Settles for $750,000"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/","name":"Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog","description":"Published by Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Attorney \u2014 Moll Law Group","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/53d2eb37d5d0cdb46ac61abacf05ce90","name":"Moll Law Group","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0febdc96ea554e620e775358f9d7e4fc56616188dfd2bb21b18c2fed4bd185a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0febdc96ea554e620e775358f9d7e4fc56616188dfd2bb21b18c2fed4bd185a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0febdc96ea554e620e775358f9d7e4fc56616188dfd2bb21b18c2fed4bd185a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Moll Law Group"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1688,"href":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions\/1688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}