Moore v. Team Beans, LLC

On March 16, 2011, citizen enforcer John Moore and settling defendant Team Beans, LLC ("Team Beans"), entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Moore's allegations that Team Beans sold keychains containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of California without providing the health hazard warnings required by Proposition 65.

As part of the settlement, Team Beans agreed not to sell any keychains in California after March 15, 2011, unless the keychains contain less than 0.1 percent (1,000 parts per million) of DEHP in each accessible component when analyzed using state and federally approved testing methodologies.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $28,000, 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.