Moore v. Shaghal Ltd.

Posted: 04/19/2016  browse the case archive

The parties involved in the case Moore v. Shaghal Ltd. executed a Consent Judgment on April 19, 2016.  In this matter, citizen enforcer John Moore alleged that Shaghal Ltd. d/b/a Ematic (“Shaghal”) sold headphones with vinyl/PVC cords 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, Shaghal agreed not to sell any headphones with vinyl/PVC cords in California after the San Francisco County Superior Court enters the Judgment, unless the tags contain no more than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies, or have Proposition 65 warnings provided.  Should Shaghal provide Moore with certification by May 1, 2016 that all headphones with vinyl/PVC cords sold in California qualify as reformulated by the above standards, Moore has agreed to waive a portion of the civil penalty that would otherwise be applied.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $32,500, 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.   

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