Alameda County District Attorney's Office: DA ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT WITH PERRIGO TO REDUCE LEAD LEVELS IN INFANT AND TODDLER FORMULA PRODUCTS

Fremont CA

03 February, 2022

10:39 AM

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Press release from the Alameda County District Attorney's Office: Feb 2, 2022 Settlement sets lowest enforceable lead levels in the country for infant and toddler formula OAKLAND – Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with 9 other district attorneys, announced a settlement today with Perrigo Company, a food manufacturing company, and two of its subsidiaries which will significantly reduce the levels of lead in the company's infant and toddler formula products. In 2018, a lawsuit was filed against Perrigo after testing showed that its infant and toddler formula products contained levels of lead that exceeded the Proposition 65 warning threshold. Perrigo cooperated fully in the investigation and resolution of this matter. As part of today's settlement, Perrigo will target lead levels of four parts per billion (ppb) for most of these products, levels much lower than applicable guidance levels established for this type of product by any U.S. regulatory authority. This press release was produced by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. The views expressed here are the author's own.