Prop 65 Benchmark

Food: snacks and confectionery: Proposition 65 notices and settlements

Notices about products in the category Food: snacks and confectionery, and what they settled for.

Notices
1,520
11% withdrawn
Recorded settlements
275
19% of active notices
Median total payment
$25,000
range $5,000 to $180,000, n=275
Median days to settlement
n/a
from notice filing date
PaymentMedianMiddle halfRangeSample
Civil penalty$2,000$1,000 to $4,000$100 to $40,000275
Attorney fees and costs$22,000$16,200 to $36,000$4,500 to $150,000275
Total payments$25,000$17,500 to $40,000$5,000 to $180,000275

Settlements that ended in reformulation: 57%. Settlements that ended in warnings: 90%. A settlement reported under several notice numbers is counted once.

Most common chemicals

ChemicalsNotices
Lead589
Cadmium329
Acrylamide221
Lead and lead compounds210
Aflatoxins90
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