Moore v. Universal Beauty Products Inc.

The parties involved in the case Moore v. Universal Beauty Products Incorporated executed a Consent Judgment on February 20, 2019.  In this matter, citizen enforcer John Moore alleged that Universal Beauty Products Incorporated (“Universal Beauty”) sold vinyl/PVC toiletry cases 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, Universal Beauty agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC toiletry cases in California after the San Francisco County Superior Court approves the Judgment, unless the toiletry cases 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 up to $26,500, 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.