Pet Products

October 23, 2013
In Englander v. Pet Food Express, Ltd. et al., citizen enforcer Peter Englander resolved his allegations that the defendant Chuck Latham Associates, Inc. (“Chuck Latham”) sold pet grooming hand tools containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings....
DEHP
The numbers say it all: according to the American Pet Products Association, 62% of U.S. households (72.9 million homes) include a pet.  It has been estimated that in 2012, $52.87 billion was spent on pets in the U.S. Unfortunately, many pet care products (from pet nail trimmers to pet tote/carrying bags) are made with vinyl components that may contain detectable levels of...