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F 1. LED JUL 2 4 2001 - Prop 65 News Documents
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ANDREW L. PACKARD (StateBar No. 168690)
HEIDI P. POPPE (StateBar No. 200253)
Law Offrces of Offices Andrew L. Packard
294 PageStreet
SanFrancisco,CA 94102
Telephone:(415) 43I-2970
Fax: (415) 431-0410
ENDORSED
San
F 1.County
L ESuperior
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Cow-f
JUL 2 4 2001
GORDON PARK-LI, Clerk
Attorneys for Plaintiff
AS YOU SOW
BY:
LILLIAN
SMITH
Deputy Clerk
SUPERIORCOURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
AS YOU SOW, a non-profit corporation,
Plaintiff,
vs.
CASE NO. 313637
3Bj?O~s~rpJ9
Y~DGMENT
DEFENDANTS
HERBA
ENTERPRISE, INC. AND KWOKSHING IMPORT-EXPORT, INC.
HERBA ENTERPRISE,INC., KWOK-SHING
IMPORT-EXPORT, INC., andDOES 1 to 200,
inclusive,
Defendants.
This ConsentJudgmentis enteredinto by andbetweenAS YOU SOW, a non-profit
organization(“Plaintiff” ), andHERBA ENTERPRISE, INC. and KWOK-SHING IMPORT1 EXPORT, INC. (“Settling Defendants”)to resolveall claims raisedin the SecondAmended
Complaint filed in the above-captionedaction. This ConsentJudgmentshall be effective upon
entry, provided that it is approvkdby this Court andenteredasjudgment in this caseno Iater
than July3’ , 2001. If this Court fails to approvethis ConsentJudgmentor to enter it as full
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and final judgment by that date, this consentjudgment shallbe null and void and not binding on
any Party. Plaintiff and SettlingDefendants@ollectively“the Parties”) agreeto the terms and.
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! conditionsset forth below.
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1.
INTRODUCTION
1.1 AYS is a non-profit foundationdedicatedto, amongother causes,the protection of the
environment,the promotion of humanhealth,the improvementof worker and consumerrights,
environmentaleducation,andcorporateaccountability. AYS is basedin SanFrancisco,
California and incorporatedunderthe laws of the Stateof California.
1.2 SettlingDefendantsare two Californiacorporationsthat import, manufacture,
package,distributeand sell in California certainherbs,herbalproducts,traditional patent
medicines(definedas “herbal andpatentmedicinesconsistingof singleor multiple herbal
ingredients,inciudingbotanical,mineral andanimalproducts,formulated into tablets,pills,
powdersand liquids”) bulk herbs,infusions,extractedpowders,tea pills, traditional pills, patent
formulas,teas,bulk teas,liquid herbalextracts,capsules,plastersand ointmentscontaining
chemicalsregulatedby the Stateof California asknown to causecancerand/orreproductive
toxicity pursuantto the SafeDrinking Water andToxic EnforcementAct of 1986
(“Proposition 65’3, California Health and SafetyCode $25249.5et.; Title 22, California Code of
Regtt!ations,9! 2!X%et -q. (the “Products”j;
13 The namesof eachof the Productscoveredby this Consentjudgment areset forth in
Exhibit A hereto(any items not appearingon Exhibit A are not coveredby the injunctive
provisionsor the releaseof liability set forth herein);
1.4 On February27, 1987,the Stateof California officially listed the chemicalleadas a
chemicalknownto causereproductivetoxicity, pursuantto California Health and SafetyCode
$25249.8;
1.5 On October I, 1992,the Stateof Californiaofficially listed the chemicalsleadand
leadcompoundsaschemicalsknown to causecancer,pursuantto California Health and Safety
Code $25249.8;
1.6 On May 1, 1997,the Stateof California offrciahy listed the chemicalarsenicasa
chemicalknown to causereproductivetoxicity, pursuantto California Health and SafetyCode
$25249.8;
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1.7 On February27,1987; the Stateof California officially listed the chemicalarsenic
as a chemicalknown to causecancer,pursuantto CaliforniaHealth and Safety Code $25249.8;
1.8 On July 1, 1990,the Stateof California officially listedthe chemicalmercury and
mercury compoundsaschemicalsknown to causereproductivetoxicity, pursuantto California
Health andSafetyCode $25249.8;
1.9 The Productshavebeenimported,manufactured,packaged,distributedand sold by.
the Settling Defendantsfor usein California sinceat leastJuly 17,1996;
On May 19,1999, June20,2000, andApril 12,200l AYS servedHerba and
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Kwok sling andeachof the appropriatepublic enforcementagencieswith documentsentitled
“60-Day Notice” that providedHerba and Kwok Shingandthe public enforcementagencieswith
notice that Herbaand Kwok Shingwere in violation of California Health and SafetyCode
$25249.6et seq.(“Proposition65”) for failing to warn the purchasersand individualsusingthe
Productsthat the useof the Productsexposesthem to certainchemicalsknown to the Stateof
California to causecancerand/orreproductivetoxicity. Copiesof thesenoticesare attached
hercat YC
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SettlingDefendantsstipuiatefor the purposeof this ConsentJudgmentthat
the Notices are adequateto comply with Cal. CodeRegs.Tit. 22,$12903.
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On July 17,2000, AYS filed a complaintagainstHerba andKwok Shing
entitled As You Sow v. HerbaEntermise.Inc., et al, CaseNumber’313637(the “Action”), in San
FranciscoSuperiorCourt, allegingviolationsof Proposition65, The ShermanFood; Drug and
CosmeticLaw (“ShermanLaw”), California BusinessandProfessionsCode $17200et seq. and
California BusinessandProfessionsCode 917500;
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The Action was brought by AYS in the public interestat leastsixty (60) days
afkr AYS providednotice of the Proposition65 violationsto Herba andKwok Shingandthe
appropriatepublic enforcementagenciesandnoneof the public enforcementagencieshad
commencedandbegundiligently prosecutingan actionagainstHerba or Kwok Shingfor such
violations;
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subjectmatterjurisdiction over the allegationscontainedin the SecondAmendedComplaint.
Settling Defendantsdo not contestthe exerciseof jurisdiction by this Court to enterthis Consent
Judgmentasa full and final resolutionof all causesof action pled in the SecondAmended
Complaint.
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The Partiesenterinto this ConsentJudgmentto settledisputedclaims between
them andto avoidprolongedlitigation. By executionof this ConsentJudgment,Settling
Defendantsdo not admit any vioiationsof Proposition65, the ShermanAct, or the Businessand
ProfessionsCode,or any other law or standardapplicableto warning or disclosureconcerningthe
manufacture,distributionand/orsaleof the Products. Nothing in this ConsentJudgmentshallbe
construedasan admissionby Settling Defendantsof any fact, issueof law, or violation of law;
nor shallcompliancewith this ConsentJudgmentconstituteor be construedas an admission’by
SettlingDefendantsof any fact, issueof law, or violation of law.
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For purposesof this ConsentJudgment,the Partiesstipulatethat this Court has
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remedyor defensethe Partiesmay havein any other or further legalproceeding. This paragraph
shall not diminishor otherwiseaffect the obligations,responsibilities,and dutiesof Settling
Defendantsunderthis ConsentJudgment.
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2.
INJUNCTIVE
2.1
PROVISIONS
Provision of Clear and Reasonable Health Hazard Warnings for All Products
That Are Designated As “Traditional
September 1,200l.
Patent Medicine” On Exhibit A Hereto On Or Before
On or before September1,2001, SettlingDefendantsshallpermanently
ceaseand no longership (or causeto be shipped)for saleor usein California any of the Products
designatedas“Traditional PatentMedicines” on Exhibit A heretounlesseachindividualunit of
suchProductbearsthe following warning statementon its individual unit labelpackagingin both
Englishand Chinese:
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WARNING: The me of tl~h product will es
The waming statementshall beprumincntand displayedon the unit packagingof each Product
3.2
Piw#sioa of c
Warn&~ for
That Are Dcsigrated As “Other Covcrcd Pmdacts” On Exhibit A Hereto Oa Or MO
November 1,2081. On or beforeNovember 1,2001, SettlingDeftits
shalt pcnnancntiy
ceaseand no longer ship(or causeto be shipped)for saleor usein Mifomia any of the Products
designatedas “Other CoveredProducts”og Exhibit A beret0unlesseachindividual unit of such
Productbearsthe fbllowing warning statementon its individualunit MeI Packagingin both
English and Chinese:
WARNING: The useof this product will exposeyou to chemic& knowu to the
State of California to cmse cancer and birth defectsor other reprodrcthe
The warning statementshallbe prominentanddisplayedon the unit Packagingof eachProduct
with suchconspicuousness,
ascomparedwith other words, statements,or designsso as to render
it likely to be d
and understoodby an ordinary individual purchasingor using the Product.
The parties to the ConsentJudgmentagreethat the exemplarattachedhereto as Exhibit C satisfies
the requirementsof this subsection.
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2.3
Provision of Additional Information For Products Sold To
Intermediaries/Non-End Users. Within thirty (30) daysof the ExecutionDate of this
Agreement(“Execution Date” is usedhereinto meanthe last dateupon which the representatives
of the SettlingParties,excludingcounsel,signthis ConsentJudgment),HerbaandKwok-Shing
shall senda Notification Letter to eachof their customerswho havepurchasedany of the
Productsfrom Herba or Kwok-Shing in the year precedingthe ExecutionDate of this Agreement
and who Herba knows or hasreasonto know repackagethe Productsin any fashion(such
customersare hereafterreferredto as“Intermediaries/Non-EndUsers”).
This
Notification Letter
shallnotify thesecustomersregardingthe warning requirementsof Proposition65 asthey apply
to eachof the Products,andinstruct suchcustomersas to how they may comply with Proposition
65 as it appliesto eachof the Products. The verbatim languageof the Notification Letter is
attachedhereto asExhibit D. A verbatim copy of the final Notice Letter sent in accordancewith
this subsectionshall alsobe mailedto AYS simultaneouslywith the mailing to the
Intermediaries/Non-EndUsers.
3.
CIVIL PENALTIES
3.1
Stipulated Civil PenaltiesFor Future Violations of This Agreement.
Proposition65 providesfor penaltiesof up to $2500,per violation, per day. The partiesstipulate
to a civil penalty in the amountof $100 per individual unit item sold in violation of Paragraph2
of this Agreement,subjectto a satisfactoryevident&y showingby Plaintiff of suchviolation(s)
upona duly noticedmotion in the SanFranciscoSuperiorCourt. AYS shall remit 75% of this
amountto the Stateof California pursuantto Health & SafetyCode $25192.
3.2
Civil Penalty Assessment.Herbaand Kwok-Shing shallpay a civil penalty in the
amountof $5,000to AYS, pursuantto Health & Safety Code $25249.7(b). AYS shall remit 75%
of this amountto the Stateof California pursuantto Health & SafetyCode $25192.
4.
RESTITUTION
4.1
Restitution. Herba andKwok-Shing shallmakea restitutionarypaymentin the
amountof $60,000to AYS. AYS shallforward thesefunds to (a) California non-profit groups,
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and(b) the AYS Proposition65 EnforcementFundto reduceexposuresto toxic chemicals,andto
increaseconsumer,worker and community awarenessof the healthhazardsposedby toxic
chemicals.
5.
REIMBURSEMENT OF FEES AND COSTS
5.1
Reimbursement of Plaintiff’s Investigative, Expert and Legal Feesand Costs.
Herba andKwok Shingshallpay AYS for its reasonableinvestigative,expert, andlegal fees and
costsincurredas a result of investigating,bringingthis matter to Herba and Kwok Shing’s
attention,andnegotiatinga settlementin the pubiic interest. The amountof thesefees and costs
is $65,000.
6.
PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
6.1
Pursuantto Paragraphs3.2,4.1 and 5.1 herein,Herba andKwok Shingshallbe
jointly and severallyliable for a paymentin the amountof $130,000to AYS. This paymentshall
be madein four installmentsas follows. Within five (5) daysof the ExecutionDate of this
ConsentJudgment,Herba andKwok Shingshalldeliverto AYS the first installmentin the sum
of $65,000;within thirty-five (35) daysof the ExecutionDate of this ConsentJudgmentHerba
andKwok Shiugshall deliver to AYS the secondinstallmentin the sum of $25,000;within sixtyfive (65) daysof the ExecutionDate of this ConsentJudgmentHerba and Kwok Shingshall
deliver to AYS the third installmentin the sum of$20,000; and,within ninety-five (95) daysof
the ExecutionDate of this AgreementHerbaand Kwok Shingshall deliver to AYS the fourth and
final installmentin the sum of $20,000.
7.
RELEASE OF LIABILITY
7.1
Releaseof Liability Of Herba and Kwok Shing. AYS waives all rights to
institute any form of legalaction againstHerba or Kwok Shing,their officers, directors,
employees,agents,attorneys,representatives,parents,subsidiaries,affiliates, divisions,
subdivisionsandcustomers,underProposition65 or the Business& ProfessionsCode basedupon
Herba and/orKwok Shing’sallegedfailure to warn, within the meaningof Proposition65, about
exposureto lead,mercury and/or arseniccontainedin any of the Productssold on or before the
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entry of this ConsentJudgment.
7.2
Releaseof Liability of AYS. Herba and Kwok Shingwaive all rights to institute
my form of legalaction againstAYS, its officers, directors,attorneysandrepresentatives(the
“AYS Releasees”)for all actionsor statementsmadeor undertakenby the AYS Releaseesin the
courseof seekingenforcementof Proposition65 or Business& ProfessionCode $51’7200et seq.
againstHerba andKwok Shing.
8.
CONSENT
8.1
JUDGMENT
Consent Judgment.
Within thirty-five (35) daysof the ExecutionDate of this
ConsentJudgment,the Partiesshall submit this ConsentJudgmentto be approvedby the San
FranciscoSuperiorCourt pursuantto California Codeof Civil Procedure$664.6. Simultaneously
with the Parties’executionof this ConsentJudgment,the Partiesshallexecutea stipulation
allowing AYS to file a First AmendedComplaintto reflect the expandedscopeof this action asa
result of the April 12,200l Notice of Violation and dismissingwith prejudicethe Third Causeof
Action set forth in the original complaint. AYS shall file suchFirst AmendedComplaint prior to
the Entry of Judgmentin this action andafter June12,2001, attachinga copy of the First
AmendedComplaint heretoasExhibit E.
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Submission to the Attorney Generai. Within five (5) daysof the ExecutionDate
of this ConsentJudgment,AYS shallservean executedcopy of this ConsentJudgmenton the
California Attorney Generalon behalf of the Partiesso that the Attorney Generalmay review t&s
ConsentJudgmkntprior to its submittalto the Court for approval. No soonerthan thirty (30) days
after the Attorney Generalhasreceivedthe aforementionedcopy of this Agreement,and in the
absenceof any written objectionby the Attorney Generalto the terms of this Agreement,the
Partiesshallthen submit it to the Court for approval. Prior to submittalto the Court for approval,
AYS shallattachas Exhibit F heretoa proof of serviceattestingthat this Agreementhasbeen
servedon the California Attorney Generalandthe manneranddateon which that servicewas
made.
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9.
SEVERABILITY
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Severability. In the eventthat any of the provisionsof this ConsentJudgmentare
held by a court to be unenforceable,the validity of the enforceableprovisionsshallnot be
adverselyaffected.
10.
ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION
10.1
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Enforcement and Stipulated Civil Penalties. In the eventthat a disputearises
with respectto any of the provisionsof this ConsentJudgment,the Partiesshallmeet andconfer
within 10 daysof receivingwritten notice of an allegedviolation of Paragraph3.1. In the event
the Partiescannotresolvethe dispute,this ConsentJudgmentmay be enforcedpursuantto Code
of Civil Procedure&X4.6 or any other valid provision of law. The prevailingparty in any dispute
regardingcompliancewith the terms of this ConsentJudgmentshallbe awardedits reasonable
feesand costsincurred, in additionto any other relief otherwiseorderedby the Court, including
but not limited to civil penaltiesassessed
pursuantto Paragraph3.1 herein.
10.2 Modification of Judgment - Grounds. The Partiesacknowledgethat new
toxicologicalinformation or exposureassessments
concerninghazardoussubstancesare
continuouslybecomingavailable,andthat statutory andregulatorystandardsapplicableto the
Productsmay evolvein the future. Accordingly, the Partiesagreethat either Party may electto
file a motion pursuantto 5664.6of the California Codeof Civil Procedure,and underthe
conditionsset forth below, move the Court for modification of the warning requirementset forth
in Paragraph2 on the groundsthat they conflict with the applicablelaw or scienceconcerningthe
Products.
10.3
Modification of Judgment - Procedure. In the spirit of cooperationand in the
interestsof minimizing the investigative,expert and attorneys’feesand costsassociatedwith
sucha motion, the Partiesagreeto meet and confer in goodfaith asfollows. Prior to filing a
motion pursuantto subsection10.2herein,the Party seekingto modify the judgment first provide
the non-movingParty and the California Attorney General’sOffke with any legal or scientific
datauponwhich the motion would rely. The non-movingparty and the California Attorney
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General’sOffice shahbe alloweda period of forty-five (45) daysto review that data andprovide
the moving party with its formal written response(the Attorney General’sOf&e’s failure to
respondto this submissionshahnot be construedin any mannerto reflect any particular view, on
the part of the Attorney General’sOffice, of this ConsentJudgmentor of the applicablelaw or
science).The Partiesshallthen meet andconfer within ten (10) daysof the non-moving.party’s
written response.-If, after meetingandconferring, the moving party electsto proceedwith a
motion to amendthis judgment, it may do so with propernotice to AYS andthe Attorney
General’sOffice as requiredunderthe California Codeof Civil Procedure. Sucha motion may
be accompaniedby scientific data, studies,written declarations,live testimony or discovery
responses.
10.4
Modification of Judgment - Product Exemption As Additional Grounds.
SettlingDefendantsshahalsobe entitledto seeka modification of this Consent Judgment on the
additionalground that a Producthasbeenreformulatedor otherwisemodified suchthat it does
not requirea warning underProposition65. In seekingsucha modification of this judgment, the
burdenshahrest on SettlingDefendantsto adduceclearand convincingevidencethat the
modification is warrantedasa matter of law. SettlingDefendantsshahproduce,aspart of their
obligationto meet andconfer pursuantto subsection10.3herein,test resultsfrom at leastthree
different manufacturingbatchesof the Product,eachbatch manufacturedat leastone month apart
from any other, conductedby an EPA-accreditedlaboratoryusing inductively coupledplasmamassspectrometry. Any suchmotion underthis subsectionshallcomply with the procedural
requirementsof subsection10.3herein.
11.
GOVERNING LAW
11.1
Governing Law. The terms of this Agreementshall be governedby the laws of
the Stateof California.
12.
NOTICES
12.1
Notices. All correspondence
and noticesrequiredto beprovided underthis
Agreementshall be in writing andshall be sentby first classregisteredor certified mail addressed
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asfollows:
All correspondence
to AYS shallbe mailedto:
Attn: LawrenceE. Fahn,ExecutiveDirector
As You Sow
540 Pacific Avenue
SanFrancisco,CA 94133
With a copy to:
Andrew L. Packard
The Law OffIces of Andrew L. Packard
294 PageStreet
SanFrancisco,CA 94102
All correspondence
to Herba or Kwok Shingshall be mailedto:
Attn: David Cheung,President
Kwok ShingImport-Export, Inc.
1818Harrison Street
SanFrancisco,CA 94103
With a copy to:
Carol Brophy, Esq.
, Foley & Lardner
1 Maritime Plaza,6& Floor
SanFrancisco,CA 94111
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INTEGRATION AND MODIFICATION
13.1
Integration & Modification. This Agreement,togetherwith the Exhibits hereto
which are specificallyincorporatedhereinby this reference,constitutesthe entireagreement
betweenthe partiesrelating to the rights andobligationshereingrantedand assumed,and
supersedes
all prior agreementsandunderstandingsbetweenthe parties. This Agreementmay be
modified only uponthe written agreementof the parties.
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COUNTERPARTS
14.1
Counterparts. This Agreementmay be executedin counterparts,eachof which
shallbe deemedan original, and all of which, when takentogether,shall constituteoneand the
samedocument.
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AUTHORIZATION
15.1 Authorization. The undersignedare authorizedto executethis Agreementon
behalf of their respectivepartiesand haveread, understood,andagreeto all of the terms and
conditionsof this Agreement.
i APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Kwok Sting Import-Export, Inc.
DATE:
By:
Andrew L. Packard
Counselfor Plaintiff As You Sow
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15.
AUTHORIZATION
15.1
Authorization. The undersignedare authorizedto executethis Agreementon
behalfof their respectivepartiesandhaveread,understood,andagreeto all of the terms and
conditionsof this Agreement.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DATE:
By: Carol Brophy
Counselfor DefendantsHerbaEnterprise,Inc. and
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IT IS SO STIPULATED:
David Cheung
President
HERBA ENTEPRISE,INC.
KWOK SHING IMPORT-EXPORT
DATE:
Lawrence.E.Fahn
ExecutiveDirector
AS YOU SOW
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IT IS SO STIPULATED:
DATE:
David cheung
President
HERJ#ENTEP~SE,
INC.
KWCK-SHING
IMPORT-EXPORT
Executive
Director
AS YOU SOW
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IT IS SO ORDERED:
By:
EXHIBIT A
[Product List, formatted as follows:
Products Covered By This Agreement:
(a) Traditional Patent Medicines
(b) Other Covered Products]
EXHIBIT B
[3 NO%]
EXHIBIT C
[exemplar warning]
EXHIBIT D
[verbatim language of the Notification Letter]
EXHIBIT E
[First Amended Complaint]
EXHIBIT F
[Proof Of Service on AG]
Judge of the Superior Court
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Exhibit A
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Exhibit A
Traditional
Patent Medicines
GEJIE
GEJIE DA BU WAN
CHINA MANGNAN
HUATUO FUYANJING
HUATUO YANJlAN NING
HUATUO JEISHITONG
HUATO FUFANG BANLANGGEN
HUATUO FENGSHI LINGPIAN
HUATUO GYNOSTEMMA PENTAPHYLL
HUATUO PE MIN KAN WAN
TIEN CHI TABLETS (STEAMED)
TEIN CHI TABLETS (RAW)
JIAN WEI BAO
GUZHI ZENGSHENG Vv’AN
FANGENGTONGSHEN
WAN
SHUGANJIAN WEI WAN
LONGDAN XIE GAN WAN
XIANG SHAN YANG WEI WAN
NAN BAO .
KWEI LING CHI
TZEPAO SANPIEN
EXTRACT
BAI FENG WAN
ANSHENBUNAO
BI YAN PIAN
PIAN
YUNNAN BAIYAO CAPSULES
TIEN CHI TABLETS (STEAMED)
TIEN CHI TABLETS (RAW)
WUCHA SENG TABLET
PANAX GINSENG
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SE TANG PIAN
DANG GUI TABLET
SUANZAOREN
FARGELIN
CHUAN XIN LIAN
QIAN LIE TONG TABLET
RUHE SANIE TABLET
BISHU.SHI TABLET
ZHANG YANG MING
TIAO JlNG YIMU TABLET
GU XIAN TABLET
YIN QIAO PIAN
GAN MAO LING TABLET
PING WEI PIAN
LIU JUN ZI TABLET
FU KE AN TABLET
GE TIE DABUWAN
BANTU WAN
YUAN HU
DING CHUAN WAN
HERBA SACRANDRA EXTRACT
YANG XUE SHENG FA JIAONANG
PING CHUAN PILL
HERBA AGASTACHES
PEARL POWDER
LONG FENG BAO
FU ZHEN DAN
GAN MAO LING TABLET
PAN LAN KEN
ORANGE PEEL POWDER
FRITILLARY POWDER
HUATUO ZAIZAO PILLS
SHINSHYUE DAN
QS SIFANG WEI PIAN ’
CURING WAN
ANCHUANG PIAN
SEVEN NATURAL HERBS BEVERAGE
ZHUANG YAO jlAN SHEN WAN
ZHUI FENG SU HE WAN
FU ZI LI ZHONG WAN
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WU JIN WAN
YANG XIN NING SHEN WAN
WU JI BAI FENG WAN
SCHEFFLER ROOT EXTRACT
MAODUNG CHING
KEEP FIT REDUCE FAT CAPSULE
SHU KAN WAN
DA HUO LU DAN
HAN BAO GAN MAO TUNG
GENGNIAN AN
ZHISOU DING CHUAN
YiNCHiAO CHiEH TU PlEN
WUCHI PAIFENG WAN
HEI WUCHIPAIFENG WAN
CHIEN CHIN CHIH TAI WAN
YIN CHIAO CHIEH TU HERBAL EXTRACT
HUANG LIAN SHANG CHING PIEN
CHING FEI YI HUO
SHIH SAN TAI PA0 WAN
CORDYCEPS
SANHUANG PIAN
LIEN CHIAO PAI TU PIEN
SEA HORSE BU SHEN WAN
LI FEI
HUA HSIANG CHENG CHI PIEN
FRITILLARIA EXTRACT
Other Covered
A”DR,JS
FRl~STliJS
Products
LOgJS
ABUTILI
ACALYPHAE
ACANTHOPANACIS
ACHYRNATHIS
ACONITIA
ACORI GRAMINEI
ACRONYCHIAE
ACTI NOLITU M
ADENOPHORAE
ADENOSMAE GLUTINOSI
AGASTACHIS POGOSTEMI
AGRIMONIAE
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AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA
AKABIAE
ALBIZZIAE
ALFAZEMA
ALISMATIS
ALPINIAE
ALUMEN
AMPELOPSIS ACONITIFOLIAE
ANDROGRAPHITIS
ANEMARRHENAE
ANEMONES
ANGELICAE
ANGIOPTERIDIS
ARCTI I
ARDISIAE GIGANTIFOLIA
ARISAEMATIS REFINED
ARISTOLOCHIAE
ARTEMISIAE
ASAFETIDA
ASARI CUM RADICE
ASPARAGI
ASPONGOPUS
ASTERIS
ASTERISCUS PSEUDOSCIAENAE
ASTRAGAL!
ATALANTIA
ATRACTYLODIS
ATREMISIAE CAPILLARY
ATUGAE MIPPONENSIS
AURANTI I
AVERRHOA CARAMOBOLA
BAMBUSAE IN TAENIAM
BAZIONUM
BAUH1NIAE
BEGONIA FIMBRISTI P
BELAMCANDAE
BERCHEMIA LINEATA
BIDENDIS
BIOTAE
BLUMEAE BALSAMIFERAE
BOMBYX BATRYTICATUS
BORNEOLUM SYNTHETICUM
BROUSSONETIAE
BRUCEAE
BUDDLEIAE
BUPLEURI
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CACUMEN BIOTAE
CALAMI NA
CALAMITAS URINAE HOMINIS
CALCIPTAE
CALLICARPAE D.
CALOMELAS
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CAMPSITIS
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CARTHAMI
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CENTELLAE
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CHEBULAE
CHIMONANTHI
CHINESE PARASOL
CHRYSANTHEMI
(WHITE)
CIBOTII (BUD)
CICADAE
CIMICIFUGAE
. CINCHONAE
CINNAMOMI
CIRSII ET SEGETI
CISTANCHES
CITRI
CLAUSENAE
CLEISTOCALYX
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CLERODENDRANTHI
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PENSILIS
CNIDII
COLLACORII (SHANDONG)
CONCHA ARACE (RAW)
CONCHA HALIOTIDIS
CONCHA MERETRICK
CONCHA OSTREAE RAW
CONCRETIO S BAMBUSAE
COPTISIS
CORDYCEPS SINENSIS
CORIUM ERINACEI
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CORNU CERVI FRAGMENTA
CORYDALIS
CRATOXYLI LIGUSTRINI
CRINIS CARBONISATUS
CROTONIS
CUDRANIAE
CURCULIGINIS
CURCUMAE
CUSCUTAE (PROCESSED)
CYATHULAE (SHREADED)
CYMBOPOGONIS
CITRATI
CNYANCHI
CYNOMOR!!
CYPERI (PROCESSED)
CYRTIOSPIRI FER SINENSIS
CYRTOMII FORTUNEI
DACTYLICOPNODIS
DESMODII
DIANTHI
DICHROAE
DICTAMNI RADiClS
DIOSOREAE
DIPSACT
DRACONiS
DROSERA BURMANNI VAHL
DRYFAF GLUTINOSAE
DRYNARIAE
ECLIPTAE
ELEPHANTOPI
ELSHOLTZIAE
ENTADAE
EPHEDRAE (BUDDLED)
EPIMEIDII
EQUISETI HIEMALIS
EREMOCHLOA CILIARIS
ERIOBOTRYAE
ERIOCAULI
ERYTHRINAE
ET CACUMEN BREYNIAE F.
ET FOLIUM PAVETTAE H.
ET RHIZOMA LYGODII
EUCOMMIAE SHREADED
EUPATORII
EUPHORBIAE
EUPOLYPHAGA SEU STELEOPHAGA
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EXPCARPIUM BENINCASAE
FABAE
FAECES
FARBARAE
FIBRAURAE
FlCl MICROCARPA
FIRMIANAN SIMPLEX
FLOURITUM*
FORSYTHIAE
FRAXINI
FRITILLARIAE
GALLA RHI CHINENSIS
GANODERMA
GARDENIAE
GASTRODIAE
GECKO
GENKWA
GENTIANAE
GERANTI SIBIRICI
GLEDITSIAE
GLEHNIAE (BOX)
GLYCYRHIXAE
GOSSAMPINI
GRANATII
GUMMI OLIBANUM
GYMNEMATIS SYLVESTRIS
HIBISCI
HIRUDO
HOMALOMENAE
HOUTTUYNIAE
HOVENIAE
HYDNOCARPI
HYOSCYAMI
HYPERICI JAPONlkl
ILICIS
IMPATIENTIS
IMPERATAE
INDIGO NATURALIS
INULAE
ISATIDIS
JASMINI
KOCHIAE
LACCA
LAMINARIAE
LASIOSPHAERA
LEMNAE
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LEPIDII
LIGUSTICI
LIMONiTUM
LINDERAE
LINI
LIQUIDAMBARIST
LITHARGYRUM
LITHOSPERMI
LITSFA CUBEBA
LOBELIAE RADICANTIS
LONICERAE JAPONICA
LOPHATHERI
C
L&JBRlr.ln ..WVVI.‘2
LYCII
LYCOPI
MAGNETITUM
MAGNOLIAE
MAHONIAE
MALI ASIATICAE (PWD)
MALI HALLIANAE
MALLOTI APELTAE
MARGARITA
MASSA FERMENTA
iviEDULLA
MELICAE
MELODINI
MENTHAE
MESONAE
MICROCOTIS (BUDDLED)
MILLETTIA
MIMOSA PUDICA
MIRABILITUM DEPUTATUM
MOGHANIA PHILIPPINENSIS
MOMORDICAE
MORI
MOSLAE CAVALERIEI
MOUTAN RADICIS
’
MUME
MUSCOVITUM
MYRRHA
NARCISSUS
NATRII SULFAS EXSICCATUS
NELUMBINIS
NEPENTHES
NIDUS VESPAE
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OCHERUM RUBRUM (RAW)
OLDENLANDIAE
OLOCUS ROTUNDAE
OMPklALlA LAPIDESCENS (SLICED)
OOTHECA MANTIDIS
OPHICALCITUM
OPHIOPOGONIS
ORIGANI
OROXYLI INDICUM
OSBECKIAE CHINENSIS
OSHA
OSMATHIS FRAGRANTIS
PAEONIAE
PALIURI RAMOSISSIMI
PANAX GENSENG
PERILLAE
PERIOSTRACUM
SERPENTIS
PERIPLOCAE RADICIS
PERISTROPHIS ROXBUR
PERSICAE (NO SKIN)
PETIOLUS NELUMBINIS
PEUCEDANI
PHELLODENDRI (SLICED)
PHLOGOP!TUM (P’J’v’D)
PHRAGMITIS
PHYLLANTHUS URINARIA
PHYSALIS PERUVIANAE
PHYTOLACCAE
PICRORRHIZAE
PINELLIAE
PINI
PIPERIS
PLANTAGINIS
PLASTRUM TESTUDINIS (RAW)
PLATTYCODI
PLUMERIAE RUBRA
PLUMULA NELUMBINIS
PODOCARPI MACROPHILLY
POLLEN TYPHAE
POLYGALAE
POLYGONATI
POLYGONI
POLYPORUS
POMEGRANATE
PORTA COCOS (CURLED)
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PORTULACAE
PRINSEPIAE
PSEUDONGINSENG
PSEUDOSTELLRIAE
PSORALEAE
PSYCHOTRIA
PTERIS MULTIFIDA
PTEROPODIDAE
PTEROSPERMI
PULSATILLAE
PULVIS ‘FUMI CARBONISATI
PUMEX
PYCNOSTELMAE
PY,RIT’UM
PYROLUSITUM
PYRROSIAE
QUARTZ ALBUM
QUERCUS INFECTORIA
QUISQUALIS
RANDIAE SINENSIS
RANUNCULI TERNATI
RAPHANI
RECEPTACULUM
NELUMBINIS
REHMANNIAE
RESiNA GARCINIAE
RETINERVUS LUFFAE
RHAPONTICI
RHEI
RHODODENDRI
RHODOMYRTUS TOMENTOSA
RICINI
ROSAE RUGOSAE
RUBI
RUMICIS JAPONICA
.RUNGIA PECTINATA
SABIAE JAPONICAE
SAL PRAEWPARATUM
SALVIAE MI LT.
SANGUIS DRACONISM
SANGUISORBAE
SANTALI ALBI
SAPINDI
SAPPAN
SARGASSUM SEAGRASS
SARGENTODOXAE
CUNEATA
SAUROPUS ROSTRATUS, (BD)
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SAUSSUREAE
SCHEFFLERAE
SCHIZANDRAE
SCHIZONEPETAE
SCHIZOPHRAGMATIS
SCOLOPENDRA
SCORPION
SCROPHULARIAE
SCUTELLARIAE
SELAGINELLA
SELENITUM
SEMIAQUILEGIAE
SENECIO SCANDENS
SENNAE
CIFC’FSRFCKIAF .., .L.-2-L--d.
.SILERIS
SINAPIS ALBAE
SINOMENII
SMILACIS
SOJAE PRAEPARATUM
SOLANI
SOPHORAE
SPARGANII
SPATHOLOBI
SPERANSKIA
r\lYl
IklTI I Ar
VKUNtLLHt
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SPORA LYGODII
STALACTITUM
STAMEN NELUMBINIS
STELLARIAE DICHOTOMAE
STEMONAE
STEPHANIAE
STERCULIAE SCAPHIGERAE
STRYCHNOS RAW
SUCCINUM
SULFUR
TALCUM
TARAXACI CUM RADICE
TERMINALIAE IMMATURUS
TERRA FLAVA USTA
THIASPI
TINESPORA SINSENSIS
TOONAE SINENSIS RADICIS
TOOSENDAN
TORREYAE
TRACHELOSPERMI
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TRACHYCARPI (CHARCOAL)
TRIBULI
TRICHOSANTHIS
TRIGONELLAE
TRIPTERYGII WILFORDII
TUBOCAPSICI ANOMALI
ULMI PUMILAE
UMBILICARIA ESCULENTA
UNCARIAE CUM UNCIS
URINAE DEPOSITUM P
VACCARIAE
VASCULAR AURANTII
VENTILAGO LEIOCARPA
VERATRI NIGRI
VERBENNAE
VIOLAE
VISCI SEULORANTHI
VITICIS
XANTHII
XYLOCOPA DISSIMILIS
ZANTHOXYLUM
NITIDUM
ZEDOARIAE
ZIZYPHY SPINOSAE
PlhlKPn
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Y,L”UA
CYl-DAf’-tL,\
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RHODODENDRON
EXTRACT
WU CHA SENG EXTRACT
ASTRAGALI EXTRACT
DEER’S TAIL EXTRACT
PANAZ GINSENG EXTRACT
GINSENG ROYAL JELLY
YI WANG CHANG
CONCENTRATEDHERBALEXTRACT
FRITILLARY & LOQUAT EXTRACT
SAN SHEDAN CHUAN BEI LU
PANTOCRIN
GE JIE GIN
KUDING TEA
GUAVA TEA
TWENTY-FOUR
GREEN TEA
GYNOSTEMMA
GINKO TEA
TEA
PENTAPHYLLUM
TEA
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EUCOMMIAE TEA
ZHUKE TEA
LIANG CHA WANG
SHA XI LIANG CHA
GINSENG TEA
TAN KWE GIN
YANG YIN QING FEI
FU FANG EJIAO JIANG
SHO WU CHIH
CANE & ARROW ROOT STOCK
ASTRAGAL! BEVERAGE
JIANG YA LING TEA BEVERAGE
JIANG DAN GU CHUN TEA BEVERAGE
LUOHANGUO BEVERAGE
BEVERAGEOFSHANZHA
LING ZHI BEVERAGE
WANG LAO JI MEDICINE TEA
SEVEN NATURAL HERBS BEVERAGE
SHE SHE CA0 BEVERAGE
YU XING CA0 JING
FIVE FLOWERS BEVERAGE
\V”iATER CHESTNUT CARROT CANE 2%iMPERATAE
BEVERAGE OF XIA GU CA0
BEVERAGE OF BANLANGEN
HUAFEN BIMINGAN BEVERAGE
INSTANT GINGER TEA
SUANMEI TANG BEVERAGE
GANMAO.TUIRE CHONGJI
TAN KWE NATURAL MIX HERB TEA
HERBA ABRI FRUTICULOSI
XIA OER KECHUAN’LING
CANE & IMPERATAE BEVERAGE
CHING PO LIANG BEVERAGE
BEVERAGE OF LO HAN KU0 ZHENZHU
TUNGZHI TEA
WONG LO KAT HERBAL TEA
WONG LO KAT KAM WOO CHA
WONG LO KAT CANE &CARROT JUICE
Herb Names in Mandarin
BAI CHA BING
BAI GUANG KU
DA HUAN HUN
BEVERAGE
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DA LO SHA
DI LO YE
DUAN MAO
E GUAI;I SHI
ER XIAN DAN
FAN LING GAN
HAI DI PO
HA\ DI QUE
HAI DI YE
HOU ZI JIAO
HUANG DAN FEN
HUANG DOU JUAN
JI HONG TAI
:I MENG DANG
JIU HIAN QI
LIAO DIAO ZHEN
LOH SIN ZI
MAI OU FEN
QlNG TONG FEN
SHI SHANG XIANG
SONG MEI
TIAN LOU YE
WUDUONIAN GEN PIAN
XIAN LAN
XIAO LO SHA
XIAO YAN
ZHI KUI ZI
ZHU MA GEN
ZOU MA QIAN
CHING FEI YI HUO HERBAL EXTRACT
CURING PILL
FAR GE LIN HIGH STRENGTH
FENGSHI LING PIAN
FU KE AN
FUFANG BANGLANGAN PIAN
FUNZHENGDAN
FUYANJING
GE JEI DA BU WAN
HUATUAO GYNOSTEMMA PENTAPHYLLUM
HUATUO FU FANG BANLANGEN PIAN
HUATUO FU YAN JUNG
HUATUO JIE YAN JING
HUO HSIAN CHENG CHI PIEN
JIANG ZHI JIAN FEI WAN
JIESHITONG
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LIUJUNZI
PANAX GINSENG CAPSULES
PING WEI TABLET
PINGWEI
QX SI’FANG WEI PIAN
SANSHEDAN CHUANBEI YE
SANSHEDAN CHUANBEILU
SE TAN PIAN
SSII TENG TABLET
TIAO JING BIMU
WU CHI PAIFENG WAN (GOLDEN LILY BRAND)
WU CHI PAIFENG WAN (HEI BRAND)
.
XIAN SHAN YAN WEI WAN
Y.AN JI/?N. .NINC
..I .V
YANGYIN QINGFEI
YIN QIAO PIAN HIGH STRENGTH
ZHANG YAN MING TABLET
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A. summaryoftie stawe andits implementingregulations,preparedby the B&e af
.!%xbz.men~ Heti*& Hazaid.kssessment,
is enclosedwith the copy of&is notice servedqoa
t3e 7biolators.The3qecik detailsof*e violationswhich arethe subjectofthis nctice are
-po%dedbelow.
‘Thebusinesses
listed DIItie attachedCeArt2icate
of Servke manufacture,dis-kibute,
ad/or market traditi~naf Chinesemedicinesan&or otherpatentmedicines. Certaintraditional
Cheesemedicinesandother patentmedicinescontainoneor more of the following chemicals:
leadand leadcompounds,arsenic,andmercuryandmercruycompcxmds.The medicies subject
to this notice letter, eachmedicine’smanufacturer&/Dr distrhof and ciPj of origh (if
kmwn)., andthe specificPrc~ssition65 chemicalseachmedicinecontains,areenumeratedin .the
athchedExhibit A. Eachof the businesses
listedon the attachedCerti&ate of Service
mmticctures, ditibuts, ancb’or
marks the medicinesenumeratedin Exhibit A.
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Zhenxiannpian
(Shanghai
Zhenjian
Plan/Anti-epiiapsy
Tahteta)
SlNl Karl wan
Teal
Tm
Kwan
Pek
YJJen Tong
Shsnng
Loong
Kren
Tin TM
To Ch!Jll$
Pearl
(Doubts
Ren Shari
Powder)
,tin Qiwn
Pills
Fml
Powder
(Yang
Kei Young
Fill
Brand)
Shueh
Qiaerrpuwan
Anllphtoglet6c
Bunco
Furag S~nb Wood
N~IJ Iiimg
Rorharkra
Table&
Liu Tung
t34rcodife
Lock
Wan
Chang
tabteta)
Gatt Bladder
bnung
Prrl Kee
Nan ORKI
Cough
Tablets)
(Venus)
Brand)
Expechxant
Plil
An United
United
Pharmaceutical
Tienlsin
Peking
Drug Manufactory
Tung Jen Tang
Pills)
Dranrd)
Pill
Drug
People’s
ih&9d
Lam
Hong
Kong
Lead
Co.
Lien Drug
United
Pharmnceutkxt
Hong Kong
Baijing
Laad
AraenSc
Hong
Kong
L%%d
Kwangctlc9w
Hong Kong
r&mury
Kwangchow
Arsenic
Kwangchow
LREl4t
f-Charrg
Laed,
Kwwng
Tung
Laad,
5sijlen
Laad
Manufaclory
Guangatiou
AKmalc
Tientsin
Lsaal,
Peking
Kwang
Arsenic
Si
l-fang
Kong
MedIcal
Works
Shop
hfli%NJfnchNy
Tradlionwi
Chinese
Industry
Worirs
Pharmnoeutlcal
Co.
Mkska
Marcury
Lead,
Lead
Mercury
Arsenic
Arsenic
Jiaragsu
Hong Kong
Lead, Amenlo,
Arsenic
Canton
Arsonlc
H~~g~hQ!J
Araelllc
Kwangchow
Load
HnnkrJw
Mannfactory
Arsenic
Lea46
GU~fl@Xi
Factory
Kwangchow
krtercuryoO
Lead
Manufadory
Piaarmnceuticel
Clndrrg
Mercury
Manufacturer
Imp. & Exp. Corp
& Realth Products
Lee Yusn
Second
Tienlsin
Lead,
Lead
Pharmaceutical
~h,Wlll%C%t46iC%~
Arsenic,
Kong
Industry
Chemicals
Madicina
Lead”,
Arsanic
Hong
Shari Sai Hang Lam Medicine
Manufactory
Sushou
Lei Yun Shang Chlnose
Madlcine
Kwnngchow
Fitts (Kal Kil Yuan)
Phanffaumlna?
I OCI25 mg
Chang
Hwngrhau
Chl%n Tu Pian
(Anlelopa
tdetional
Malionat
Shanghai
Lanchow
MFY.
Manufaetmy
Chlnw
Chlnn
65 kistsrd Chemicals
?
Kong
Manufactory
Fharmacautical
Drug
Shanghai
t-M Chm Tm (pmfdw) (Yang GlisngBrand)
Pcking
Pharmaceutical
Mg Chow
Brand)
Pills (KPIC]
(Anshan
Tablets)
Fiits)
Lam
Sal Ma (Yang
Chum Ra\a, (Anti-aging
Trmg
Anlidotal
Itch-Removing
Pills (Hang
Nlu Harang Xlao Yan Wan (Bazaar
Lam Lee Yuan 50 Ying Tan
Chka
Madtcina
Fbr~p.
Hong
Medtcine
hclory
Manufactary
Min-Kang
C&g
Sha Dan Chuan
Head
Ren Tang
Kwungchow
Pill
Pill (Trlsnake
Tong
Tai Cfriu
United
Chin Koo Tiah Shang Wan
Ediu th~ang Chish Tu Pien (Rezoar
Tim ‘f&a6 To Chung
Yuen
Sit Wo Tong
Brandj
Chao
Essence
Tong
FUSII~II
Rrdltonic
Vim
Cbtng
Wong
Mannfactory
Works
Manufaclory
Pak
Tai Yuel Tong
De6jing
Ruxin Wan
(MIP t&and)
Thn Wang
XkCslks
Drug
Tung
Medicine
Chdicinn
Shen Sal Hang Lam
Pak Chaong
Tong
Powder
(Dyaentsry
Cheng
Kwan
Palping
“Mg PO Powder’
Tnrteina-Snaha
Sm
Phts)
Pill
Formula
(Yang
Suporiar
Powder
knl Zao Wan
6il Wn Tong
Fargelin
How Tsao
Dragon
Pak Choong
T~ng’s tiou-Cho
An Gong .tiang Ya Wan
Ser t..e% Tan
CUnesa
Chlmnss
Tienlsin
Mhn
Tnng
Shangha6
Lanchow
City
Mercury
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Reserved.
Tsiu~an PeopVr
MaQcine
Wcrhs
(I-bag Aing PharmFnceulical Factory)
China Natlonai Chemicals imp. & Exp. Corp
United Pharma~unicai Mwnnfadory
Ilnng Kong Shanghai Lam Les Yuen Medical Shop
Tianjin Larenteng Drug Manufaciory
Chlna Notional Chemicals Imp. h Exp. Corp
China t@tional fuledicines and Health Products imp 8 tip Carp
China Malional blerficines and Health Products Imp & Exp CO@I
Tien&ln Drug Manufaclary
Bni Yarn Sia~n Pharmaceulical Facotry
Yunnan lbkdldnes B H~akh Products Imp 8, EKE Carp
(F!!shan United Menufadory)
Yttung Ng Tong Medical Manufactory Lid.
Hanyang Phi%rnacsutlcst Works
United Phermacsu!ical Manufaclory
Tienlsin Drug n~anufactory
Betjing Tangren Tang
Ma Pak Leung Co., Ltd.
Lln cling Zhong Ywo Chang
KwangcJaow Ph8rmaceuticst Industry Corp.
Shanghai Chinese Medicine hknufactary
Shanghai Chinese bdicina Works
United Pharmaceutical Manufaciory
Kwrnn Tung Pale Yuan Tong Main Factory
(Chang On Unlbd Pharmaceulical Factory)
ChIna NationaRINative Produce i31Animal By-Praducts
Paidrag M@diclne M3nnufacfory
Chlna National NaHve Produce Ib Animal By-products I B, E Calrp.
Beijing Tung Jsn Twang
(FM Shwn Pharmaceutical Factory)
dlhlne NSonal M1%!4tctnseand Health Producla Imp Q Enp Carp
@Iu.46agbkwl fhq Work.9
Tidntsin Drug Manufactory
Tdnan
Ssechuan
Jilin
Filshnn
Hong Kong
Tianjln
Shantung
Guangshou
Guangxi
Tientstn
Guangxhou
Yunnan
Canton
Hong Kong
tfenywng
Kwangchow
Tier&in
Beijing
Hong Kong
Shen Rang
KwaFags;how
Shanghai
Shanghai
Fushan
Hong Kong
Peking
HopsI Branch
Pekirag
Fsskien
Beijing
Kvtfangchow
IMjkag
Wuhan
Tl~~k3lI-l
Arssnlc
bad
Mr9ratry
Arsrmk, Mercury
Lead
Lead, Mnrrcury
Mercury
Lead
Arsenic, Mercury
Lead, Anemic, Msrcury
Arsenic
Lead
Lead, Mercury
Arsenic
Lmd
Arsenic
Arsgnic
Lead, Arsenic. Mercury
Lead, hrsanic, Mercury
Lead, Mercury
Areenta;
Lewd
Lead, Arsenic, Mercury
Lead, Mercury
Lead, Arsenic
Lead
Mercury
Arsenic
Mercanry
Arsenic
I-cod, hrsanic! Mercury
Mercury
Mercarry
bad
Lewd, Mercury
Lend
Leed, M@rcruy
Mer6;rlry
Lead
Ascenic
Ars~,nlc, Marc!uy
Ar%%lk
h14 Mercury
Ml[daKCUry
6.Rwid
Rla6c?rq
ened
Mwcr9ry
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L’
Chu Fai Hou-Tsaa-San
Ping Clruan Fill
Saa Hcrsa, G&al Tonic Pllls (Hlpocampus VirNty Resloraalive FDilla)
Placenla Compound Reeloratlve Pills
China Tung Shueh Pills
Armadillo AnlipyreIio Pilla
Hue blshg Cheng CM Pien
(Ti*n Wang Pu Hrln Tan)
Shihu Yeguang Wan
Fargslin For Piles (High Strength)
Yunnran Rkeumaitilin
Kism~ C&nZeng Shang Pierr
Ping Kwan Dnn
Specific LumbagHn (Lungdkg Dram!)
Caulia Dandmbii Myopia Pills (concentrated)
Ylm Cker Powder
&km thu Ceng Fen
Yim Cker Pu.wder
Ta.a Ckin Tirrg
KaI Yaung Pill
‘Clmu Kieng” Brand Yan Shen Jai JAO Wan (Revival Fills)
Ran Shari ZaI &a Wan
Yen Qlir~n Kwi to Wan
Shcn Hng R&hit Fien
Hun Hsleng Clung Ckl Pien (Anlikbrlla Tahlats)
8erldaGl Fllla
Yunnan Rheumatilin
Superior 8~s~ Throat Powder
Tze Ghin Tlng
rsmng I ung Jen fang
Kwmrgckow
Reserved.Pharmaceutical Indusky Co.
Fu Shan United Pharmaceutical Manwfactory
Bai-Yuan+Shan Fharmacautical Factory
Lanzhou Fo Ci Pharmaceutical factory
Ctmng Lien Qrug W0rhs s
The IJntied Phsrmaceullcel Manufactory
Beijing Fharmaceulical F,actory
Sing-Kyn Drug Hnue~?~
Lermrtmg Drug Manufad!ory
Bai Yuen Skan Pharmaceutlcel Factory
Kwangchaw Pharmarzaullcwt Induslry Co.
China National MedicInea; and Health Products Imp. L Exp. Corp.
Beijing Tung Jan Tang
Lenahou Fo Ci Phermac8utlcal FecMry
(Fushan United Manofaclory)
The United Pharmaceutical Manufaclory
Gorjiu Pharmaceulicai Factory
Thm Uniked Pharmaceutical Manufadory
Ghan Li Chai
(Nqng Kang Tung Ren Tong)
(Pushan United Manufactory)
Ma Pak LLrmg Co., Ltd.
@hen Lhu Industry Co.)
Ma Pak Leung Co., Lid
Beijing Tung Jen Tang
(Gueng Si Wu Thou Paop~le’s Drug Manufaclory)
The United Pharmaceutical Menufactory
Lanzkou Fo Cl Ptrarmaceutical Factory
(Pushan United Menufadory)
Xlan Tadilianal Chlnese Drug Work8 nf Skasnxi Province
Beijing Timg Jen Tang
Lwnakau Fo Cl Phaarmwce~~ticslFac$ory
Gorjlu Fharmacsullcai Faclnry
Meishou Medicine Factary
Reijing Tung Jwn Tang
(Ctmngchow Pharm%cculical Factory)
Peking
Kwangchow
Fu Shari
Kw%mgchow
Lanshau
Hankmv
QMangshorJ
iieijing
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1 am a citizenof the United 3ates, over the ageof 18 years,md not a party to the within actirn; my bl;s&ess
addressis: 540 Paciic Avenue,SanFrancisco,CA. 94133.
3 Notice 3f Vio!aticn 0ZCalihnia Health & SafetyCode $25249.5et seq.,incMing ExM34tA
cn the fdcwing partiesby placinga tze md correct copy thereof in a se&edenvelope,adhessedto the ~L*JT
listedi=ebw, and depositingit at a Utited SStesPostalSeArvice
03ice for delivery by Ge,tied Ma&
A22: Craig Thompson,Deputjj Aitcmey General
CaWmia Deprtment of Justice
7300‘1Street, Suite 125
Past Office Box 944255
Sacramento,CA 94244-2550
andm eachof the partiesan the servicelist attachedher& by plachg .atrue andco=ect ccpy thereof inna
se&x! emel~pe, addressedto eachof +&ep&es on *theswke list attachedhereto,and depsi&g it at United
$QtesFestalSerYicemad bcx.
E:weci;tedon May 19, 1999,at SanFmciscc, California.
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Dear Mi. Chemxg
and Public ~Enfimement
Agencies:
AY3 has documentedTkolationsof California’s 3aSe&inking Water & To,xicE&xceme:ct
Act 0 1936(Tropsitiion W’;, codSed at Health Jk 3aMy Code 925249.5et seq. ‘I’lis letier
se~icsto provide AY3’ notirr?catiron
of theseviolationsto the pubfic enbcement agenciesandto the
~%ht~r. Purma~t to $25249.7(d)of +&estatite, AYS i~ter~dsto bring an enitxcement
a&ion ti~.~
(SO>daysafter efkdive senice of this mtice ides3 the public eraforcementage&cs have
CCTaSnCtdWA arc diligmtly p~sz~~tiig ZI &OII tc recti@theseyi~iatio~~~..A S.~TUIDI~~
of the s+aZ~tz
and its Lmpiemedingregtiations, which was prepred by the leadagerxy designatedmder
the sbht=*9 is ecciosedwith the copy of&&isnotice serveduponthe violators. ne specific detailsof
2~
7iiokdons
,&at are the subjectof this notice areprovidedbelow.
Tze name of the violators coveqzdby this notice areE@XBB Z~WEW;9;1782,INC. arzd
KWDX S3mG I!IiW%2RT-EPORT3 INC. Theseviolationsinvolve cadmimn,cadmium
ccmpoun&, lead, lead com~ou~cls,mercury, mercury compoundsand arsenicfound in the specig6:
&xs of consumergrcducts describedbelow and in Exhibit A hereto. On October 1, 1937,+&eState
5 Cdifomia oEciaQy listed cadmiumand cadmiumccmpouodsaschemicaisIUIOW to c&se
cameo. On May I, 1997,the Stateof California off%klly listedcadmiumasa chemicalknown PO
causerzpmducti~e
toxicity. On Febrwq 2?,i937, the Stateof California officially listed leadasa
ch.emic&!CIXJWD
to causereproductivetoxiciF/. On October I, 1992,the Stateof California
sffkially listed lead aridlead compouxis as chemicak known to cause cancer.On My 1, 1990,the
Stateof California 0RiciaUy listedmercury andmercury compouodsas chemicalskacwn to cause
rqrcchctive toxicity. On iMay 1, 1997,the Stateof California officially listed arsenic(inorganic
cxides) as a cheticd known to causereproductivetoxicity. On Febrwy 27,19%7,the Stateof
Ca!ihxia ofkially listed arsetic as a cbemicaiknowz~to causecancer. This notice coverseacfiof
the ayecific tyces of prodxxts set forth below, ar,d thosepducts listed jn ExhiToit A, hereto xvi*& ,
r.espct ts eachof f&e above-referencedchemicals.
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733 ccxwmer exposuresthat arethe subjectoftis noticehaveoccurre”,andcontinueto
axup ptimti~y timugh the ingestionexposureroute, but ah may occur through inhalationand/or ‘.
dermal~mtact, dependingon eachmedicine’spahxhr appiicat~ooo.
The occupatior~ exposures
that art the subjectof *&isnotice haveoccwed andcontinueto occurprimarily through inhalation
ad 6emai rontact, bet c&o may occurthough ingestion.The cccupationatexpcswz~that arc the
subjectof this rake have occumd and continueto occurat tix -&~&xi’ facility hated at IS!5
Harsan Street,in SanFmcisco, California.
Tkis notice allegesthe vioiaxionof Proposition65 -wit$reseert to occupationalexposures
gxerned by the California StateP’lanfor OccupationalSafetyazd He&h. The %tz Pian
incoporatesthe provisions cf Proposition65, asapprovedKay
FederalGW3.Aon hne 6, 1997. This
appaovdspecificti~ placedcertain conditiorzs~6th regardto occupationalexposureson Proposition
65, imhdiag that it doesnot appIy to $e conductof manufkrurers occurringoutsidethe S*titeof
Califocia. The approvalalso providesthat an employermay usethe meansof compliancein the
gemxd haza~dcommunicationrequirementsto comply with Proposition65. It ak3o~rec3hsthat
~~~prclc,men~~
enhrcement is subjectto the supervisionof the C&&r& Occupational&&ety and
Et&h Ads&a&rat&x. A.~ccrd~agSy,
any settlemen&civil comphint, or substantivecourt ordersin
tis smattermust be submitted to the Attorney General.
in kqing with its public interestmissionandto expeditiouslyrectify theseongsina
Violationsof California law, AY § is interestedin seekinga consmcti~e
resolutionof this Gatter
witho~ qpging in costly andprotractedlitigation. Pleasedirect all communication regardingthis
notice to aY3’ counselin this matter: Andrew L. Packard,Esq.,Law Offices of Andrew L.
Packard,294 PageStreet,SanFrancisco,CA 94102;Telephone(415) 43l-2978.
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Tienctii Tablet
Tzepao Sanpien Extract
Wu Chi Paifeng Wan (Golden Lily Brand)
Wu Chi Faifeng Wan (liei Wand)
W&JJin Wan
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I, the ~&egg&,
d&ae IJ&X penalty of perjury underthe laws of&e Stateof CaEfcmia t&t tie f&wing
true andcc31~ct:
1am a citkn of&e United States,over the ageof 18years,andnot a parfy to tk,etit&n act&; my business
addressis: 540 Pacific Avenue, SanFrancisco,CA 94133.
GAApril 12,2001, I servedthe following docuxkts:
Notice of Violation of California He&t &zSafetyCode$25249.5et seq.,in&ding Etibjt A
P “The SafeIIkhking Water andToxic EoforcementAct of 1986p3opotit& 65): A 5m1.1~~~~
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on the following party by placing a true andcorrect copy thereof in a sealedenvelcpe,addressedto the party
Wed ‘Mow, and depositingit at a United StatesPostalServiceOffice for delivery by Certified Maik
HerbaEnterprise,Inc.
David 5. Cheung,fresident
6 i 7 Tenth Avexue
SanFrzncisco,CA 94118
0x1April 12,200 1) I servedtie following document(s):
3 Notice of Violation of California Hedth & SafetyCode $25249.j et seq.,irschding Exh$JitA
on the foibtig party by placing a true andcorrect copy thereofin a sealedenvelope,addressedto the party
listed beicw, azd degxxitbg it at a United StatesPostalServiceOffice fcr de1iver-yby Certified Ma.%
.
Am-L. abraig Thcmpso~,Deputy Attorney General
California Deparznent of Justice
1300i Street, Suite 125
Post OEce Box 944255
Sacramento,CA 94244-2550
andon eachaf the parties cn the servicelist attachedheretoby placinga true and correct copy thereof in a
sealedenvelope,addressedto eachof the partieson the servicelist attachedhereto,and depositingit at United
StatesPostaI Servicemail box.
Executed0~ Apti 12,2001, at SanFrancisco,California
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Exhibit C
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06-08-01
04:llpm
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Exhibit D
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EXKLBIT D
[Verbatim Notice Letter]
~[I-IEREMKWOK SHING LETTERHEAD.
and DATE]
Dear Customer:
The products you have purchased from [Kwok-Shing/Herba] contain levels of lead,
arsenic and/or mercury that require a warning pursuant to California’s Proposition 65 (Health &
Safety Code $25249.5, et seq.). Pursuant to a court order, we have begun the process by which
English and Chinese warnings will be provided for many of the products by September 1,200 1,
and by which the remaining products will be sold with such warnings on or before November 1,
2001.
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that if you resell these products (either in
whole or in part) you may be required to provide a clear and reasonable warning within the
meaning of Proposition 65 to the purchasers of the product. Failure to provide these warning
may result in your being subject to civil penalties of up to $2500 per violation and other
sanctions. You may want to consult legal counsel concerning your obligations under the law.
The warning must be provided unless you can establish in court that the levels of
Proposition 65 listed chemicals (including, but not limited to ~M-J
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L+AUYAUW
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AAI~LUCUin the
products you sell are low enough that the maximum daily recommended dosage of the product
will not result in exposures above the levels requiring health hazard warnings. For additional
information regarding the requirements of Proposition 65, you should contact the Office of
Environmental Health Hazard Assessment at (510) 622-3 170, Fax: (510) 622-3218, or on the
Internet at www.oehha.ca.gov.
Sincerely,
David Cheung, President
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FREDRIC A. EVENSON (State Bar No. 198059)
DAVID H. WILLIAMS (State Bar No. 144479)
Public Interest Lawyers Group
2070 Allston Way, Suite 300
Berkeley, California 94704
Tel. (510) 647-1900
Fax. (510) 647-1905
ANDREW L. PACKARD (State Bar No. 168690)
HEIDI P. POPPE (State Bar No. 200253)
Law Offices of Andrew L. Packard
294 Page Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel. (415) 431-2970
Fax. (415) 431-0410
Attorneys for Plaintiff
,AS YOU SOW
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
AS YOU SOW, a non-profit corporation,
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Plaintiff,
VS.
Case No. 3 13637
FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND CIVIL
> PENALTIES
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HERBA ENTERPRISE, INC., KWOKSHING IMPORT-EXPORT, INC., and DOES i
Health & Safety Code $25249.5, et seq.;
1 to 100, inclusive,
Health
& Safety Code Q109875, et seq,
>
Business
& Professions Code 5 17200, et seq.;
Defendants.
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JURY TRIAL REQUESTED
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Plaintiff AS YOU SOW (“AYS”) brings this action in the interest of the general public
and, on information and belief, hereby alleges:
INTRODUCTION
1.
This action seeks to remedy Defendants’ continuing failure to warn thousands
df consumers in California that they are being exposed to chemicals known to the State of
California to cause cancer and/or reproductive toxicity. Defendants export, import,
manufacture, package, distribute, market and/or sell herbs and herbal products, traditional
patent medicines, bulk herbs, infusions, extracted powders, tea pills, traditional pills, patent
formulas, teas, bulk teas, liquid herbal extracts, capsules, plasters and ointments (hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “PRODUCTS”) containing high levels of lead, lead compounds,
mercury, mercury compounds and/or arsenic, which are chemicals known to the State of
California to cause cancer and/or reproductive toxicity (the “LISTED CHEMICALS”).
The
PRODUCTS include, but are not limited to those items identified in Exhibit “A” hereto.
2.
CHEMICALS
The use and/or handling of the PRODUCTS causes exposures to the LISTED
at levels requiring a “clear and reasonable warning” under California’s Safe
Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, Health & Safety Code (“H&S Code”)
$25249.5, et seq. (also known as “Proposition 65”)’
Defendants have failed and continue to
fail, to provide and the health hazard warnings required by Proposition 65.
3.
Defendants’ continued export; import, manufacture, packaging, distribution,
marketing and/or sale of the PRODUCTS without the required health hazard warnings, causes
individuals to be involuntarily and unwittingly exposed to dangerous levels of the LISTED
CHEMICALS.
Defendants’ actions violate Proposition 65, as well as the Unfair Competition
Law, Business & Professions Code (“B&P Code”) 5 17200, et seq.
’ All statutory and regulatory references herein are to California law, unless otherwise
specified.
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4.
Defendants’ export, import, manufacture, distribution and/or sale of
PRODUCTS containing LISTED CHEMICALS
constitutes the manufacture, sale, delivery,
holding, offering for sale, and/or receiving in commerce of adulterated foods in violation of the
Sherman Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law, H&S Code 5 109875, et seq. (“Sherman Act”) and an
unlawful business practice in violation of the Unfair Competition Law, B&P Code 517200, et
seq.
5.
Defendants’ continued export, import, manufacture, packaging, distribution,
marketing and/or sale of the PRODUCTS without the toxic health hazard warnings required by
California law aiso constitute unfair business practices in violation of the Unfair Competition
Law, B&P Code $17200, et seq. because the use and/or handling of the PRODUCTS results in
thousands of daily exposures to the LISTED CHEMICALS,
thereby increasing the risk of
cancer and/or reproductive toxicity to individuals throughout California, and because
Defendants’ failure to disclose significant toxic hazards makes it impossible for consumers to
readily distinguish traditional patent medicines that cause exposures to the LISTED
CHEMICALS
from traditionai patent medicines that do not cause exposures to the LISTED
CHEMICALS.
6.
Defendants have also in the course of their business engaged in fraudulent
business acts and practices and unfair, untrue or deceptive advertising likely to deceive the
public, in violation of B&P Code Sections 17200 and 17500 by making fraudulent, unfair,
deceptive, untrue or misleading representations regarding the purity, safety, healthfulness and
contents of the PRODUCTS on the packaging of the PRODUCTS and/or in other promotional
‘materials.
7.
By this action Plaintiff seeks appropriate relief:
a.
prohibiting the continued export, import, manufacture, packaging,
distribution, marketing, and sale of the PRODUCTS in California by
Defendants without provision of clear and reasonable warnings
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regarding the risks of cancer and/or reproductive toxicity posed by
exposure to the LISTED CHEMICALS
through the use and/or handling
of the PRODUCTS;
b.
prohibiting the continued export, import, manufacture, distribution, sale
.,
and advertising for sale in California of the PRODUCTS that are
“adulterated foods”;
C.
prohibiting Defendants from making fraudulent, unfair, deceptive,
untrue or misleading representations regarding the purity, safety,
heaithfulness and/or contents of the PRODUCTS;
d.
assessingcivil penalties in the amount of $2,500 per day per violation of
’
H&S Code $25249.6, et seq. to remedy Defendants’ ongoing failure to
provide clear and reasonable warnings to thousands of individuals that
they are being exposed and continue to be exposed to LISTED
CHEMICALS
G.
through the use and/or handling of the PRODUCTS;
restoring to any person in interest any money or property, real or
personal, which may have been acquired by Defendants’ unlawful
export, import, manufacture, packaging, distribution, marketing, and/or
sale of the PRODUCTS without clear and reasonable warnings
regarding the risks of cancer and reproductive toxicity posed by
exposure to the LISTED CHEMICALS
through the use and/or handling
of the PRODUCTS; by Defendants’ sales of adulterated foods in
violation of the Sherman Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law; and by
Defendants’ unfair and fraudulent business acts and practices and unfair,
deceptive, untrue and/or misleading advertising, as described more fully
herein below.
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JURISDICTION AND VENUE
8.
This Court hasjurisdiction over this actionpursuantto California Constitution
Article VI, Section10,which grantsthe SuperiorCourt “originaljurisdiction in all causes
exceptthosegiven by statuteto other trial courts.” The statutesunderwhich this actionis
broughtdo not specify any other basisfor jurisdiction.
9.
This Court hasjurisdiction over Defendantsbecause,basedon information and
belief, eachof the Defendantsis a corporationor associationorganizedunderthe laws of the
Stateof California or doing sufficient businessin, andhaving sufficient minimum contacts
with, California, or otherwiseintentionallyavailingitself of the California market through the
export, import, manufacture,packaging,distribution,marketingand/orsaleof the PRODUCTS
in the Stateof California to renderthe exerciseof jurisdiction over it by the California courts
consistentwith traditional notionsof fair play andsubstantialjustice.
10.
Venuein this actionis properin the SanFranciscoSuperiorCourt because
Defendantshaveviolated oneor more of the California laws specifiedhereinin the City and
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PARTIES
11.
Plaintiff AS YOU SOW (“AYS”) is a non-profit foundationorganizedunderthe
Stateof California’sNon-Profit Public Benefit CorporationLaw. AYS is dedicatedto, among
other causes,the protection of the environment,the promotion of humanhealth,the
improvementof worker and consumersafety,environmentaleducation,and corporate
accountability. AYS is basedin SanFrancisco,California.
12.
AYS is bringing this enforcementaction in the public interestpursuantto H&S
Code $25249.7(d)and B&P Code $17204.
13.
DefendantHERBA ENTERPRISE,INC. (“HERBA”) is a personwithin the
meaningof B&P Code 517201 and a persondoingbusinesswithin the meaningof H&S Code
$25249.11.
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14.
HERBA exports, imports, manufactures, packages, distributes, markets and/or
sells one or more of the PRODUCTS for sale or use in California.
15.
Defendant KWOK SHING IMPORT-EXPORT,
INC. (“KWOK SHING”) is a
person within the meaning of B&P Code 5 17201 and a person doing business within the
meaning of H&S Code $25249.11.
16.
KWOK SHING exports, imports, manufactures, packages, distributes, markets’
and/or sells one or more of the PRODUCTS for sale or use in California.
17.
DOES 1 to 100 are each a person within the meaning of B&P Code 9 1720 1 and
a person doing business within the meaning of H&S Code $25249.11.
18.
DOES 1 to 100 export, import, manufacture, package, distribute, market and/or
sell one or more of the PRODUCTS for sale or use in California or otherwise cause or
contribute to exposures within the meaning of H&S Code $25249.6, et seq. to the LISTED
CHEMICALS
19.
from the PRODUCTS.
The true names of DOES 1 to 100 are unknown to Plaintiff at this time. When
their idepAtipiesa--nIcI aJLertained,
the complaint shaii be amended to reflect their true names.
20.
HERBA, KWOK SHING and DOES 1 to 100 are hereinafter referred to
collectively as “DEFENDANTS.”
21.
Each of the DEFENDANTS
STATUTORY
employs more than ten persons.
BACKGROUND
A.
Proposition 65
22.
By passing a citizens’ initiative in 1986, by a 2: 1 margin, the People of the State
of California have declared in Proposition 65 their right “[t]o be informed about exposures to
chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.” (Section l(b) of
Initiative Measure, Proposition 65).
23.
To effectuate this goal, Proposition 65 requires that individuals be provided
with a “clear and reasonable warning” before being exposed to chemicals listed by the State of
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California as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity. H&S Code $25249.6 states, in pertinent
part:
No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly and intentionally
expose any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or
reproductive toxicity without first giving clear and reasonable warning to such
individual....
24.
Proposition 65 provides that any person “violating or threatening’to violate” the
statute may be enjoined in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(H&S Code $25249.7.) The
phrase “threaten to violate” is defined to mean “to create a condition in which there is a
substantial likeiinood that a violation wiil occur.” (H&S Code $25249. i l(e).) Violators are
liable for civil penalties of “up to $2,500 per day for each such violation.”
(H&S Code
525249.7.)
B.
The Sherman Food, Drug and Cosmetics Law
25.
The Sherman Food, Drug and Cosmetics Law prohibits any person from
manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, offering for sale, receiving in commerce,
delivering
or
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any food that is “adulterated” within the meaning of the
Act. (H&S Code ~110620,110630,)
26.
Traditional patent medicines are considered dietary supplements and are
regulated as food under the Sherman Food, Drug and Cosmetics Law.
27.
Food is deemed “adulterated” if it “bears or contains any poisonous or
deleterious substance that may render it injurious to health of man or any other animal that may
consume it” or if it “bears or contains any added poisonous or deleterious substance that is
unsafe. . . .” (H&S Code $110545,110550.)
28.
An “added poisonous or deleterious substance” is considered “unsafe” with
respect to any food, unless there is a regulation in effect that limits the quantity and use, or
intended use, of the substance to the terms prescribed by the regulation. (H&S Code 9110445 .)
Ill
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C.
The Unfair Competition Law
29.
The Unfair Competition Law, B&P Code 017200, et seq. provides that “unfair
competition shall mean and include any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or
practice.” (B&P Code $17200.)
30.
Section 17203 provides that “[a]ny person performing or proposing to perform
an act of unfair competition within this state may be enjoined in a court of competent
jurisdiction.”
“Person” is defined to mean and include “persons, corporations, firms,
partnerships, joint stock companies, associations and other organization of persons.” (B&P
Code $17201.)
31.
The court may “restore to any person in interest any money or property, real or
personal, which may have been acquired by means of such unfair competition.”
(B&P Code
$17203.)
32.
Actions to enforce the provisions of the Act may be brought “by any person
acting for the interests of itself, its members or the general public.” (B&P Code 9 17204.)
Section 17205 provides that remedies available under the Act “are cumulative to each other
and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this state.”
FACTUAL
33.
BACKGROUND
On February 27, 1987, the State of California officially listed the chemical lead
as a chemical known to cause reproductive toxicity.
Lead became subject to the warning
requirement one year later and was therefore subject to the “clear and reasonable” warning
requirements of Proposition 65 beginning on February 27, 1988. (22 California Code of
Regulations (“CC,,‘)
34.
912000, et seq.; H&S Code $25249.5, et seq.)
On October 1, 1992, the State of California officially listed the chemicals lead
and lead compounds as chemicals known to cause cancer. Lead and lead compounds became
subject to the warning requirement one year later and were therefore subject to the “clear and
reasonable” warning requirements of Proposition 65 beginning on October 1, 1993. (22 CCR
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$12000, et seq.; H&S Code $25249.6, et seq.)
35.
On May 1, 1997, the State of California officially listed the chemical arsenic
(inorganic oxides) as a chemical known to cause reproductive toxicity. Arsenic became
subject to the warning requirement one year later and was therefore subject to the “clear and
reasonable” warning requirements of Proposition 65 beginning on May 1, 1998. (22 CCR
$12000, et seq.; H&S Code $25249.6, et seq.)
36.
On February 27, 1987, the State of California officially listed the chemical
arsenic as a chemical known to cause cancer. Arsenic became subject to the warning
requirement one year later and was therefore subject to the “clear and reasonable” warning
requirements of Proposition 65 beginning on February 27, 1988. (22 CCR $12000, et seq.,
H&S Code $25249.6, et seq.).
37.
On July 1, 1990, the State of California officially listed the chemical mercury
and mercury compounds as chemicals known to cause reproductive toxicity. Mercury and
mercury compounds became subject to the warning requirement one year later and were
therefore subject to the “clear and reasonable” warning requirements of Proposition 65
beginning on July 1, 1991. (22 CCR 912000, et seq.; H&S Code $25249.6, et seq.).
38.
Plaintiff is informed and believes, and based on such information and belief
alleges, that one or more of the PRODUCTS have been sold to, handled and/or used by,
individuals in California without clear and reasonable warning since the duty arose. The
PRODUCTS continue to be offered for sale in California without the requisite warning
information.
39.
As a proximate result of acts by DEFENDANTS,
as persons in the course of
doing business within the meaning of Health & Safety Code $25249.11, individuals throughout
the State of California, including the County of San Francisco, have been exposed to the
LISTED CHEMICALS
without clear and reasonable warning. The individuals subject to the
violative exposures include normal and foreseeable users of the PRODUCTS, as well as all
other persons exposed to the PRODUCTS.
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40.
At all times relevantto this action,DEFENDANTS andeachof them knew or
shouldhaveknown, andintendedthat the PRODUCTScontainedthe LISTED CHEMICALS.
41.
At all times relevantto this action,DEFENDANTS and eachof them,
knowingly and intentionallyexposedthe usersand/orhandlersof the PRODUCTSto the
LISTED CHEMICALS without first giving a clear andreasonablewarning to suchindividuals.
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Individualsusing or handlingthe PRODUCTS are exposedto the J+ISI IzD
CHEMICALS in excessof the levelsdeterminedto cause“no observableeffect” or “no
significantrisk”, as applicable,within the meaningof H&S Code$25249.1O(c).
43.
At all times relevantto this action,DEFENDANTS and eachof them have, in
the courseof doingbusiness,failed to provide individualsusingand/orhandlingthe
PRODUCTS with a clear andreasonablewarning that the PRODUCTS exposesuch
individualsto the LISTED CHEMICALS.
44.
The PRODUCTScontinueto be offered for salein California without the
requisiteclear andreasonablewarning.
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The PJwDuCTS are “foods” within the meaningof the ShermanAct.
46.
The LISTED CHEMICALS are chemicalsknown to the Stateof California to
causecancerand/or reproductivetoxicity and aretherefore“deleterioussubstances”and
“unsafe” within the meaningof the ShermanAct. The presenceof the LISTED CHEMICALS
in the PRODUCTS rendersthe PRODUCTS “adulteratedfoods” within the meaningof the
ShermanAct.
47.
Plaintiff is informed andbelievesthat DEFENDANTS’ failure to disclose
significanttoxic hazardsasrequiredby law, makesit impossiblefor usersand handlersof the
PRODUCTSto readily distinguishthe PRODUCTS which causeexposuresto the LISTED
CHEMICALS from the PRODUCTS that do not causeexposuresto the LISTED
CHEMICALS.
48.
The PRODUCTS areaffirmatively promotedby DEFENDANTS asbeing pure,
safeandbeneficialto humanhealth.
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Plaintiff is informed andbelievesthat the following statementson the labelsof
the PRODUCTS are fraudulent,unfair, deceptive,untrue and/ormisleadingin light of the fact
that the PRODUCTS containthe LISTED CHEMICALS andare thereforeunsafefor men,
womenandchildren:
a.
On the labelof “Nan Baa”:
Natural Mix HerbsTea
Ingredients:(eachdose)PanaxGinsenglO.6%, Cornu Vervi Parvum 10.8%,
Hippocampus11.2%,GelatinaNigra 1lS%, Herba Epimedii 10.6%,Testis et
PenisCanitis 13.4%,Testiset PenisEquusasinischinensis6.5%, Radix
AngeiicaeSinensis8.5%,Poria 9.4%, Cortex Ciniamomi 7.5%.
Caution:for man useonly. Keepthis ,productaway from children.
b.
On the labelof “Bi Yan Pian”:
Proprietaryblend: CockleburFruit (Xanthium sibincum),Magnolia Flower
(Magnoliabiondii pamp),Liquorice root (Glycyrrhiza uralensis),Polycodon
Root (Platycodongrandiflorum),AngelicaRoot (Angelicadahurica),
Schizonepetaherb (Schizonepetae
tenuifolia).
Other ingredients:starch,FD&C RedNo. 40.
SuggestedUse: For Adult 3 to 4 tabletseachtime, 2 times per day asneeded.
Precaution:keepthis product away from children.
C.
On the labelof “Fritillaria Extract”:
Proprietaryblend:Fritillary Seed(Fritillaria cirrhosa),Milkwort Root (Polygala
tenuifolia), PlatycodonRoot (Platycodongrandiflorum), Orangepeel,Liquorice
root.
Other ingredients:FD&C Yellow No. 5, starchand sugar
Direction: For adults,3 to 6 tabletseachtime, 3 times a daywhen needed.
Precaution:keepthis productaway from children.
d.
On the label of “High StrengthFar Ge Lin”:
A Dietary Supplement
Natural Herbs
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Ingredients:PanaxPseudoginseng
(tienchi), radix scuttellariae(skullcaproot),
Corydalistur (corydalis),Sophorajaponica(pagodatreeflower), FD&C Green
No. 3.
Directions: For adults,to be taken 3 times a day, 3 tabletseachtime when
needed.
Precaution:keepthis product away from children.
FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION
(Violations of Mealth and Safety Code 525249.5, et seq.)
50.
Plaintiff reallegesand incorporatesby referenceParagraphs1 through 49,
inclusive,as if specificallyset forth herein.
51.
On May 19, 1999,June29,200OandApril 12,2001, AYS sent60-Day Notices
of Proposition65 violationsto the requisitepublic enforcementagenciesandto
DEFENDANTS. Thesenoticeswere issuedpursuantto, and in compliancewith, the
requirementsof H&S Code $25249.7(d)andthe statute’simplementingregulationsregarding
the notice of the violationsto be givento certainpublic enforcementagenciesandto the
violator. The noticesgiven included,l’ntzr&a,
the
fO~~owiiig
iiiformatiori:
the
name,
address,
andtelephonenumberof the noticing individual;the nameof the allegedviolator; the statute
violated;the approximatetime period during which violationsoccurred;anddescriptionsof the
violations,includingthe chemicalsinvolved,the routesof toxic exposure,and the specific
productsor type of productscausingthe violations. The nameddefendant(s)andthe
CaliforniaAttorney Generalwere providedcopiesof the 60-Day Notice by certified mail.
Additionally, the nameddefendantswere provideda copy of a documententitled “The Safe
Drinking Water andToxic EnforcementAct of 1986(Proposition65): A Summary,”which is
alsoknown asAppendixA to Title 22 of CCR 512903.
52.
The appropriatepublic enforcementagencieshavefailed to commenceand
diligently prosecutea causeof actionunderH&S Code$25249.5,et seq. against
_ DEFENDANTS basedon the allegationsherein.
53.
By committing the acts allegedin this Complaint,DEFENDANTS and eachof
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them, at all times relevant to this action, and continuing through the present, have violated
H&S Code $25249.6 by, in the course of doing business, knowingly and intentionally exposing
individuals who use or handle the PRODUCTS to the LISTED CHEMICALS,
without first
providing a clear and reasonable warning to such individuals pursuant to H&S Code $25249.6
and 25249.11 (I).
54.
By the above-described acts, DEFENDANTS
and each of them are liable,
pursuant to H&S Code 525249.7(b), for a civil penalty of up to $2,500 per day for each
unlawful exposure to a LISTED CHEMICAL
55.
from the PRODUCTS since July 17, 1997.
An action for injunctive relief under Proposition 65 is specifically authorized by
H&S Code $25249.7(a).
56.
Continuing commission by DEFENDANTS,
of the acts alleged above will
irreparably harm the citizens of the State of California, for which harm they have no plain,
speedy, or adequate remedy at law.
Wherefore, Plaintiff prays judgment against DEFENDANTS,
as set forth
hereafter.
SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION
(Violations of the Unfair Competition Law for Unlawful Business PracticesViolations of Health and Safety Code 825249.5, et seq.)
57.
Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference Paragraphs 1 through 56,
inclusive, as if specifically set forth herein.
58.
At all times relevant to this action, by committing the acts alleged in this
Complaint, DEFENDANTS
have, in the course of doing business, engaged in unlawful
business practices constituting unfair competition within the meaning B&P Code § 17200, by
violating H&S Code $25249.6 by knowingly and intentionally exposing consumers to the
, LISTED CHEMICALS
in the PRODUCTS without first providing a clear and reasonable
warning.
59.
An action for injunctive relief and restitution under the Unfair Competition Law
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is specifically authorized under B&P Code 6 17203.
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60.
Continuing commission by DEFENDANTS
of the acts alleged above will
irreparably harm the’citizens of the State of California, for which harm they have no plain,
speedy, or adequate remedy at law.
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Wherefore, plaintiff prays judgment against DEFENDANTS,
hereafter.
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THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION
(Violations of the Unfair Competition Law for Unlawful Business PracticesViolations of the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law)
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manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, offering for sale, and/or receiving in commerce the
PRODUCTS in violation of the Sherman Act’s prohibition on the manufacture, sale, delivery,
holding, offering for sale, and/or receiving in commerce of adulterated foods.
63.
An action for injunctive relief and restitution under the Unfair Competition Law
is specifically authorized under B&P Code 317203.
64.
Continuing commission by DEFENDANTS
of the acts alleged above will
irreparably harm the citizens of the State of California, for which harm they have no plain,
speedy, or adequate remedy at law.
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have, in the course of doing business, engaged in unlawful
business practices constituting unfair competition within the meaning of B&P Code $17200, by
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At all times relevant to this action, by committing the acts alleged in this
Complaint, DEFENDANTS
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Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference Paragraphs 1 through 60,
inclusive, as if specifically set forth herein.
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as set forth
Wherefore, plaintiff prays judgment against DEFENDANTS,
as set forth
hereafter.
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FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Violations of the Unfair Competition Law for
Unfair Business Practices)
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Plaintiff realleges and incorporates by reference Paragraphs 1 through 64,
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66.
At all times relevantto this action,by committing the actsallegedin this
Complaint,DEFENDANTS have,in the courseof doingbusiness,engagedin unfair business
practicesandunfair competitionprohibitedby B&P Code 517200. DEFENDANTS’ unfair
actsandpracticesviolate the public policiesof the Stateof California, areunethicaland are
inimical to the rights, interest,andgeneralwelfare of the public. Theseactsandpractices
include,but arenot limited, to the following:
a.
exporting,importing, manufacturing,distributing,packaging,marketing
and/orsellingthe PRODUCTS without the toxic healthhazardwarnings
requiredby California law;
b.
exporting,importing, manufacturing,distributing,packaging,marketing
and/orsellingPRODUCTS,the useand/orhandlingof which resultsin
thousandsof exposuresto the LISTED CHEMICALS, thereby
increasingthe risk of cancerand/orreproductivetoxicity, to individuals
throughoutCalifornia; and,
C.
failing to disclosesignificanttoxic hazardsas requiredby law, thereby
making it impossiblefor consumersof the PRODUCTS to readily
distinguishtraditionalpatentmedicinesthat causeexposuresto the
LISTED CHEMICALS from traditionalpatentmedicinesthat do not
causeexposuresto the LISTED CHEMICALS.
67.
An action for injunctiverelief andrestitution underthe Unfair Competition Law
is specificallyauthorizedunderB&P Code 817203.
68.
Continuingcommissionby DEFENDANTS of the acts allegedabovewill
irreparablyharm the citizensof the Stateof California, for which harm they haveno plain,
speedy,or adequateremedyat law.
Wherefore,Plaintiff praysfor judgment againstDEFENDANTS, as set forth
hereafter.
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FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Violations of the Unfair Competition Law for
Fraudulent Business Practices and Unfair, Deceptive, Untrue and Misleading Advertising
in Violation of Business & Professions Code @17200and $17500)
69.
Plaintiff reallegesandincorporatesby referenceParagraphs1 through 68,
inclusive,as if specificallyset forth herein.
70,
At all times relevantto this action,by committing the actsallegedin this
Complaint,DEFENDANTS have,in the courseof doingbusiness,engagedin fraudulent
businessactsandpracticesandunfair, untrueor deceptiveadvertisinglikely to deceivethe
public, in violation ofl3&P CodeSections17200and 17500. Tlneseactsand practicesinciude
the making of fraudulent,unfair, deceptive,untrue or misleadingrepresentationsregardingthe
purity, safety, healthfulnessandcontentsof the PRODUCTSto individualsthroughout
California on the packagingof the PRODUCTSand/or in other promotionalmaterials.
71.
An action for injunctiverelief andrestitution underthe Unfair CompetitionLaw
is specificallyauthorizedunderB&P Code 517203.
72.
CGntinuingcmx~ission bj DEFENDANTS of the acts alleged above wiii
irreparablyharm the citizensof the Stateof California, for which harmthey haveno plain,
speedy,or adequateremedy at law.
Wherefore,plaintiff praysjudgment againstDEFENDANTS, as set forth
hereafter.
THE NEED FOR INJUNCTIVE
73.
RELIEF
Plaintiff reallegesandincorporatesby referenceParagraphs1 through 72,
inclusive,as if specificallyset forth herein.
74.
By committing the actsallegedin this Complaint, the DEFENDANTS have
causedirreparableharm for which thereis no plain, speedyor adequateremedyat law. In the
absenceof equitablerelief, DEFENDANTS will continueto createa substantialrisk of
irreparableinjury by:
a. continuingto causeconsumersto be involuntarily and unwittingly exposed
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to the LISTED CHEMICALS throughthe useand/orhandlingof the
PRODUCTS;
b. causingconsumersto ingestadulteratedfoods containingchemicalsknown
to the Stateof Californiato causecancer,and/orbirth defectsor other
reproductiveharm;
c. preventingconsumersfrom distinguishingproductscontainingLISTED
CHEMICALS from productsthat do not containLISTED CHEMICALS;
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6. makingfraudulent,unfair, deceptive,untrue and/ormisleading
representations
regardingthe purity, safety,healthfulnessand/or contentsof
the PRODUCTS.
DEMAND
75.
FOR JURY TRIAL
Plaintiff demandsajury trial.
PRAYER
FOR RELIEF
Wlnerefore,Plaintiff accordingiyprays for lzhefollowing relief:
A.
a preliminaryandpermanentinjunction, pursuantto B&P Code 817203,H&S
Code $25249.7(b),andH&S Code5111910, enjoiningDEFENDANTS, their agents,
employees,assignsandall personsactingin concertor participatingwith DEFENDANTS.
from:.
(1) exporting,importing, manufacturing,packaging,distributing or sellingthe
PRODUCTSin California without first providing a clearand reasonable
warningthat the userand/or handlersof the PRODUCTS are exposed,
within the meaningof Proposition65, to the LISTED CHEMICALS;
(2) exporting,importing, manufacturing,distributing, sellingor advertisingfor
sale,PRODUCTS in California that are “adulteratedfoods”; and,
(3) making fraudulent,unfair, deceptive,untrue or misleadingrepresentations
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regardingthe purity, safety,healthfulnessand/orcontentsof the
PRODUCTS.
B.
an assessment
of civil penaltiespursuantto H&S Code $25249.7(b),against
DEFENDANTS in the amountof $2,500per day for eachviolation of Proposition65 alleged
herein;
c.
restoringto anypersonin interestany lmoneyor property, real or personal,
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which may havebeenacquiredby DEFENDANTS’ unlawfiil export, import, manufacture,
packaging,distribution, marketing,and/orsaleof the PRODUCTS without clearand
reasonablewarningsregardingthe risks of cancerandreproductivetoxicity posedby exposure
to the LISTED CHEMICALS throughthe useand/orhandlingof the PRODUCTS; by
DEFENDANTS’ salesof adulteratedfoodsin violation of the ShermanFood, Drug and
CosmeticLaw; by DEFENDANTS’ unfair andfraudulentbusinessactsandpractices,as
describedmore fully hereinabove; andby DEFENDANTS’ unfair, deceptive,untrueand/or
misleadingadvertising,as describedmore fully hereinabove.
D.
an a-wardto Plaintiff of its reasonabieattorneysfeesandcostsof suit pursuantto
Codeof Civil Procedure51021.5 andH&S Code 5111910, asPlaintiff shall specify in further
applicationto the Court; and,
E.
DATED:
suchother andfurther relief as may bejust andproper.
RespectfullySubmitted,
PUBLIC INTEREST LAWYERS GROUP
LAW OFFICESOF ANDREW L. PACKARD
Heidi P. Poppe
Attorneys for Plaintiff
AS YOU SOW
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SanFmncisco,CA 94102
Tel. (415) 431-2970
Fax. (415) 431-0410
Attorneys for PPtintiE
AS YOU SOW
AS YOU §OW, a non-p&t corporation,
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I am a~ attorneyduly admittedto practicelaw beforethis Court andaz attomego-i.
recordfor Plaintiff -4.5You Sow (“AYS”) in the above-described
acticn. The mattersreferredto
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Ihereinarebasedupcmmy wm perscnalhowledge and,if calledas a witiess, I cmld andwould 1
jcompetentlytestify therm.
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On June5,2GOi, I senta letter giving notice of the ProposedComefit Judgmentiq
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this matter to
the Califotia
Attorney Generalasrequiredby Health and SafetyCode
$25249,7(f). A true and CT-C+
., ib Lcopy oftis letter is attachedheretoas Exhibit A.
I dechre unde:penaltyof perjury GILI:the fixegoing mattersare true andcorrect.
DATED:
LAW OFFICESOF ANDREW L. PACKARD
By:
Hei
Attorneys for Plaintiff
AS YOU SOW
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294
PAGE STREET
FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA
94102
PACKARDAL@MINDSPRING.COM
TEL: (415)431-2970
FAX:(415)
431-0410
June5,200l
EdwardG. Weil, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General
California Attorney General’sOffice
1515 Clay Street,201hFloor
Oakland,CA 94612-1413
Re:
Notice To Attorney Generalof Proposition65 Settlement:
As You Sow v. Herba Enterprise, et al
SanFranciscoSuperiorCourt CaseNo. 313637
Dear Mr. Weil;
This firm representsPlaintiff As You Sow (“AYS”) in the above-referencedProposition65
enforcementaction againsttwo retailersof traditional Chinesemedicines. AYS and defendants
HerbaEnterprise,Inc. and Kwok ShingImport-Export, Inc, Inc. (collectively “Herba”) have
reacheda settlementandhave agreedto the entry of a consentjudgment. Sincethe Attorney
Generalhasnot yet adopteda specific form for reportingthe terms of the settlement,a copy of the
settlementagreementasto Herba is enclosedherewith, in compliancewith the requirementsof
Health & Safety Code$25249.7(f).
Under the terms of the settlementagreement,Herbahasagreedto provide clear and
reasonablehealthhazardwarningsfor all productscoveredby the agreement.Herba hasalso
agreedto provide information regardingthe warning requirementsof Proposition65 to eachof their
customerswho repackagethe productsin any fashion. In addition,Herba has agreedto make a
restitutionarypaymentin the amountof $60,000to AYS, which AYS shall forward to (a) California
non-profit groups,and(b) the AYS Proposition65 EnforcementFundto reduceexposuresto toxic
chemicals,andto increaseconsumer,worker andcommunity awarenessof the healthhazardsposed
by toxic chemicals. Herba hasagreedto pay $5000in civil penalties.Herba has also agreedto
reimburseAYS for its reasonableinvestigative,expert, and legalfeesand costsincurred as a result
of investigating,bringing this matter to Herba’ attention, andnegotiatinga settlementin the public
interest.
Pleasecontactthe undersignedif you haveany questionsor concernsregardingthe
foregoingmatters.
RezSK
Heidi P. Poppe
Attorney for-plaintiff
As You Sow
Enclosures
cc:
EileenRidley, Counselfor Defendants