GT's Living Foods
Below is the timeline of events of the case between ERC and GT's Living Foods, LLC.
notice i
On March 16, 2023, Environmental Research Center filed a Notice of Violation of California Law Proposition 65, against GT's Living Foods, LLC.
In this action, ERC alleges that four specific products manufactured, distributed, or sold by GT's Living Foods, LLC., contain lead and mercury, chemicals listed under Proposition 65 as carcinogens and reproductive toxins, and expose consumers to levels requiring a Proposition 65 warning.
The products under investigation are:
1. GT's Synergy Raw Kombucha Multi-Green
2. GT's Synergy Raw Kombucha Gingerade
3. GT's Synergy Raw Kombucha Guava Goddess
4. GT's Synergy Raw Kombucha Pomegranate Power
notice II
On April 4, 2023, Environmental Research Center filed a Notice of Violation of California Law Proposition 65, against GT's Living Foods, LLC.
In this action, ERC alleges that three specific products manufactured, distributed, or sold by GT's Living Foods, LLC., contain lead and mercury, chemicals listed under Proposition 65 as carcinogens and reproductive toxins, and expose consumers to levels requiring a Proposition 65 warning.
The products under investigation are:
1. GT's Synergy Raw Kombucha Sacred Life
2. GT's Synergy Raw Kombucha Tangerine Dream
3. GT's Synergy Raw Kombucha Mystic Mango
Civil Complaint
On July 10, 2023, the Environmental Research Center filed a Civil Complaint against GT's Living Foods, LLC. To view the full civil complaint, click here.
Type of Claim:
Failure to Warn
Relief Sought:
Warning
Civil Penalty
Settlement
A settlement was reached on October 2, 2023. In full satisfaction of all potential civil penalties, additional settlement payments, attorney's fees, and costs, GT's Living Foods, LLC shall pay $90,947.00 in total.
Injunctive Relief:
3.1 Beginning on the Effective Date, GT’s Living Foods shall be permanently enjoined from manufacturing for sale in the State of California, “Distributing into the State of California,” or directly selling in the State of California, any Covered Product that exposes a person to a “Daily Lead Exposure Level” of more than 0.5 micrograms of lead per day and/or “Daily Mercury Exposure Level” of more than 0.3 micrograms of mercury per day as determined by the testing described in Section 3.4 below, unless it meets the warning requirements under Section 3.2. If the testing described in Section 3.4 below indicates that a warning should be required, GT’s Living Foods will have the opportunity to prove that the lead or mercury detected in the product is naturally occurring with evidence that meets the requirements of 27 CCR section 25501 (2023) and may thereafter seek modification of the Consent Judgment pursuant to Section 5, so the Court can determine if the modification is consistent with the law and only after giving the Attorney General 45 days’ notice of the proposed modification to the Consent Judgment.
If you want to read the GT's Living Foods, LLC settlement, click here.
