Moore v. Achim Importing Company Inc.

The parties involved in the case Moore v. Achim Importing Company Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on December 18, 2014.  In this matter, citizen enforcer John Moore alleged that Achim Importing Company Inc. (“Achim”) sold vinyl/PVC floor tiles 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, Achim agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC floor tiles in California after the Alameda County Superior Court enters the Judgment, unless the floor tiles contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies or have Proposition 65 warnings provided.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $36,000, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Moore and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.