Moore v. Collins International Co., Ltd.

On April 12, 2017, citizen enforcer John Moore and settling party Collins International Co., Ltd. (“Collins”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement.  Moore had alleged that Collins sold vinyl/PVC jewelry boxes 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 settlement, Collins agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC jewelry boxes in California after April 10, 2017, unless the boxes contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP in any accessible component when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $25,500, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to citizen enforcer Moore and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.