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Company: Mondelez International
Current Parent Company: Mondelez International
Penalty: $758,250
Year: 2016
Date: January 22, 2016
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: food safety violation
Violation Description: The Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office, through its Consumer Fraud Unit, in conjunction with nine other California District Attorneys, the California Attorney General, and the non-profit Center for Environmental Health, reached a settlement with food industry giant Mondelez International, Inc., formerly Kraft Foods, for selling ginger snap cookies in excess of California lead limits without a warning. The settlement was also announced by the California Attorney General; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: food products
Source of Data: (click here)
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.