Wozniak Settles with Harold Import Company

Paul Wozniak has negotiated a settlement with Harold Import Company, resolving allegations that Harold sold nylon cooking utensils containing the chemical 4,4'-MDA without the requisite health hazard warning.  4,4'-MDA is a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, and under Proposition 65 law, companies offering products for sale that contain 4,4'-MDA must provide consumers with a "clear and reasonable" warning of the risk of exposure.

In addition to paying civil penalties, Harold has agreed to sell only nylon cooking utensils that have been reformulated to be free of 4,4'-MDA.

For more details and to read the settlement itself, please see the case summary on our website: Wozniak v. Harold Import Co., Inc.

The Chanler Group represents citizen enforcers who, acting in the public interest, commence actions against businesses offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm without first providing the health hazard warning required by Proposition 65. Citizen enforcers bringing Proposition 65 actions in the public interest may obtain a Court Judgment imposing civil penalties, an injunction requiring reformulation of products, and/or provision of health hazard warnings.