1 4 . Legal Proceedings and Other Contingencies In the ordinary course of its business, the Company is made a party to certain legal proceedings seeking monetary damages, including proceedings involving product liability claims, workers' compensation and other employee claims, tort and other general liability claims, for which it carries insurance, as well as patent infringement and related litigation. The Company is in a highly regulated industry and is also periodically involved in government actions for regulatory violations and other matters surrounding the manufacturing of its products, including, but not limited to, environmental, employee, and product safety issues. While it is not feasible to predict or determine the ultimate outcome of these matters, the Company does not believe that an adverse decision in any of these legal proceedings would have a material adverse impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. On August 2, 2007, the Company received two civil citations from CalOSHA (the California state agency responsible for enforcing occupational safety and health regulations), relating to the accidental death of a warehouse employee at the Company's Modesto facility on February 5, 2007. The Company appealed the citations to the California Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, and a hearing was held in early June 2010. The result of the hearing was that the citations were modified by agreement with CalOSHA and a civil penalty was imposed and paid by the Company during fiscal year 2011, thereby resolving the issue without a material adverse impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In June 2010, the Company received a Notice of Violation of the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known as Proposition 65, from the Environmental Law Foundation ( " ELF " ). This notice was made to the California Attorney General and various other government officials, and to 49 companies including Seneca Foods