On July 19, 2019, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur and settling party Central Garden & Pet Company (“Central Garden”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Vinocur had alleged that Central Garden sold gloves with vinyl components containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without...
On August 16, 2010, the Marin County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. Central Garden & Pet Company; Matthews Redwood and Nursery Supply, which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that the defendants, Central Garden & Pet Company and Matthews Redwood and Nursery Supply ( collectively "Central"), sold vinyl coated...