Nearly $2 Million Settlement with Mead Johnson Regarding Lead in Infant and Toddler Formula

California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement with Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. and Mead Johnson & Co., LLC (together, Mead Johnson), resolving allegations that Mead Johnson sold infant and toddler formulas without the required warnings for exposure to lead, a violation of Proposition 65 and the Unfair Competition Law.

As part of the settlement, Mead Johnson will pay nearly $2 million, consisting of payments for the violations, reimbursement of a portion of the People’s and a private enforcer’s costs, and funding for a supplemental environmental project designed to reduce other sources of lead exposure.

Read more at State of California Department of Justice