We told you last week of the latest Herbalife lawsuit in which a California woman is suing the company over claims that their products led her to be hospitalized for liver problems. The lawsuit is moving forward, and it looks like it will cause major problems for the company.
The woman’s attorney, Christopher Grell has just won a motion to subpoena two labs that have tested the products and will issue 60 day notices to government agencies, the Attorney General and district attorneys in California to begin the process of forcing Herbalife to put warning labels on their products. Grell filed the most recent motion in order to obtain information from the two labs, Covance and Eurofins, that tested Herbalife products and reported that they were safe and met safety standards set forth in Propositions 65 which sets limits for lead levels in nutritional products for the state of California
“Based on our recently filed law suit, it appears that multiple sources from Switzerland to Jerusalem to the United States are all arriving at the same conclusion; there is something terribly wrong with Herbalife products and our just filed law suit is further corroboration of that fact,” said Christopher Grell. “Lab tests do not lie and Proposition 65 is a law to protect people from consuming excess lead from, of all things, their nutritional products,” added Grell.
Mr. Grell will also attempt to show that Herbalife products are weight loss remedies and that the company urges consumers to take a combination of products as part of a health and weight loss “program” for optimal benefits, thus increasing their lead intake significantly.
Grell lost his wife seventeen years ago after she had an adverse reaction to an “herbal” tea. Since then, he has been on a mission to improve safety standards in the herbal and dietary supplement industry. In addition to practicing law, Grell is the co-founder of the Dietary Supplement Safety Committee. This looks like it will be a tough battle for Herbalife. It seems that the law is siding with Grell and Herbalife will have to hand over previous tests as well as submit products for further testing. If new tests find high levels of lead, Herbalife will have to make some big changes. We will keep you up to date as the case moves forward.
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