Englander v. Carlisle Food Service Products, Inc.

The parties involved in the case Englander v. Carlisle Food Service Products, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on August 9, 2016.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Peter Englander alleged that Carlisle Food Service Products, Inc. (“CFSP”) sold products with vinyl/PVC grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate) (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.  

As part of the agreement, CFSP agreed not to sell any products with vinyl/PVC grips in California after October 1, 2016, unless the grips contain no more than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP, diisodecyl phthalate ("DIDP"), and/or diisononyl phthalate ("DINP") when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of up to $50,000, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Wozniak and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.