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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: 
household and personal care products
Penalty Total since 2000: 
$2,007,346,465
Number of Records: 
284
Note: 
The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.

Top 10 Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Reckitt Benckiser$1,810,620,85220
Natura & Co.$67,648,0001
Colgate-Palmolive$58,644,80817
S.C. Johnson & Son$35,929,9007
Henkel$17,852,97248
Estee Lauder$5,803,7507
Clorox$2,900,72130
Procter & Gamble$2,048,56241
Kimberly-Clark$1,139,02429
Beiersdorf$977,9604


Individual Penalty Records:

Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
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Company Parent Primary Offense Type Year Agency Penalty Amountsort icon
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc Reckitt Benckiser Controlled Substances Act violation 2019 USAO $1,347,000,000
Reckitt Benckiser Group Reckitt Benckiser False Claims Act and related 2019 MULTI-AG $400,000,000
Reckitt Benckiser Group Reckitt Benckiser Controlled Substances Act violation 2019 MULTI-AG (*) $200,000,000
Avon Products (China) Co. Ltd. Natura & Co. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2014 DOJ_CRIMINAL $67,648,000
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc Reckitt Benckiser price-fixing or anti-competitive practices 2019 FTC $50,000,000
Colgate-Palmolive Co. Colgate-Palmolive benefit plan administrator violation 2014 private lawsuit-federal $45,900,000
SC Johnson & Sons Inc. S.C. Johnson & Son benefit plan administrator violation 2015 private lawsuit-federal $34,150,000
Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. Colgate-Palmolive product safety violation 2021 private lawsuit-federal $12,500,000
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company Reckitt Benckiser Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2015 SEC $12,000,000
Dial Corporation Henkel employment discrimination 2003 EEOC $10,000,000
Estee Lauder Estee Lauder wage and hour violation 2008 private lawsuit-federal $4,495,000
Henkel Corporation Henkel benefit plan administrator violation 2015 private lawsuit-federal $3,350,000
Dial Corporation Henkel employment discrimination 2005 EEOC $3,000,000
Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems, LLC Clorox consumer protection violation 2019 CA-LACA $1,750,000
Estee Lauder Estee Lauder employment discrimination 2018 EEOC $1,100,000
S.C. Johnson S.C. Johnson & Son environmental violation 2001 NY-AG $950,000
Beiersdorf, Inc. Beiersdorf consumer protection violation 2011 FTC $900,000
The Procter & Gamble Co. Procter & Gamble consumer protection violation 2015 CA-MULTI $850,000
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Nu Skin Enterprises investor protection violation 2016 SEC $765,688
S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. S.C. Johnson & Son environmental violation 2000 EPA $665,000
Nature's Sunshine Products Inc. Nature's Sunshine Products Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2009 SEC $600,000
Reckitt Benckiser Reckitt Benckiser environmental violation 2021 EPA $458,000
Reckitt Benckiser Inc. Reckitt Benckiser consumer protection violation 2008 CA-MULTI $305,999
Church and Dwight Co., Inc. Church & Dwight Fair Credit Reporting Act violation 2019 private lawsuit-federal $300,000
Kimberly-Clark Corp. Kimberly-Clark price-fixing or anti-competitive practices 2000 MULTI-AG $300,000
Clearwater Paper Corporation Clearwater Paper environmental violation 2015 EPA $300,000
Procter and Gamble Manufacturing Company Procter & Gamble wage and hour violation 2010 WHD $291,283
Reckitt Benckiser Reckitt Benckiser environmental violation 2012 EPA $250,000
Clorox Clorox environmental violation 2015 EPA $250,000
Kimberly Clark Worldwide Kimberly-Clark environmental violation 2007 WA-ENV $235,000
Clorox Co. Clorox consumer protection violation 2011 CA-MULTI $199,654
PROCTER & GAMBLE PAPER PROD CO Procter & Gamble environmental violation 2017 PA-ENV $192,500
Reckitt Benckiser, Inc. Reckitt Benckiser environmental violation 2004 CA-ARB $165,000
Reckitt Benckiser, Inc. Reckitt Benckiser environmental violation 2006 EPA $150,000
HENKEL CONSUMER ADHESIVES, INC. Henkel environmental violation 2011 EPA $148,000
Hartz Mountain Corporation Unicharm environmental violation 2013 CA-DPR $147,759
Henkel Corporation Henkel environmental violation 2008 EPA $141,700
SCA Tissue North America, LLC Essity wage and hour violation 2010 WHD $138,787
CELLU TISSUE - CITYFOREST, LLC Clearwater Paper workplace safety or health violation 2015 OSHA $132,500
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Kimberly-Clark labor relations violation 2003 NLRB $130,444
Hartz Mountain Corp Unicharm environmental violation 2003 EPA $127,500
Zotos International, Equilon Enterprises, Cummins Engine Company, and Makita USA Henkel environmental violation 2003 CA-ARB $125,000
SC Johnson & Sons, Inc. S.C. Johnson & Son environmental violation 2017 CA-ARB $122,800
Reckitt Benckiser LLC Reckitt Benckiser environmental violation 2021 EPA $117,461
HENKEL CORPORATION Henkel workplace safety or health violation 2013 OSHA $109,450
CELLU TISSUE CORPORATION - NATURAL DAM Clearwater Paper workplace safety or health violation 2005 OSHA $109,250
Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company Procter & Gamble labor relations violation 2003 NLRB $100,000
The Clorox Company Clorox environmental violation 2007 EPA $95,000
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Estee Lauder wage and hour violation 2018 MA-AG $90,000
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Estee Lauder wage and hour violation 2018 MA-AG $90,000
KINGSFORD MANUFACTURING COMPANY Clorox environmental violation 2007 KY-ENV $90,000
Clorox Pet Products Company Clorox environmental violation 2015 CA-DPR $88,000
KIMBERLY CLARK OF PA LLC Kimberly-Clark environmental violation 2017 PA-ENV $84,814
ZOTOS INTERNATIONAL INC. Henkel workplace safety or health violation 2011 OSHA $84,700
THE DIAL CORPORATION Henkel workplace safety or health violation 2000 OSHA $84,000
Frederic LLC Procter & Gamble wage and hour violation 2009 WHD $81,872
PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY Procter & Gamble environmental violation 2008 EPA $81,320
Procter & Gamble Paper Products Company Procter & Gamble environmental violation 2003 WI-AG $81,000
Henkel Electronic Materials, LLC Henkel environmental violation 2018 CA-SCAQMD $80,500
Zotos International, Inc. Henkel environmental violation 2011 EPA $79,000
Henkel Consumer Goods, Inc. Henkel environmental violation 2014 CA-ARB $77,500
Clorox Clorox employment discrimination 2014 OFCCP $76,112
SCA Tissue North America, LLC Essity labor relations violation 2004 NLRB $69,813
COLGATE PALMOLIVE Colgate-Palmolive labor relations violation 2007 NLRB $65,000
Colgate-Palmolive Company Colgate-Palmolive environmental violation 2014 CA-DPR $64,000
Reckitt Benckiser Inc. Reckitt Benckiser environmental violation 2010 EPA $63,000
Beiersdorf, Inc. Beiersdorf environmental violation 2002 CT-ENV $61,500
The Dial Corporation Henkel labor relations violation 2003 NLRB $60,000
KINGSFORD MANUFACTURING COMPANY Clorox environmental violation 2013 WV-ENV $57,000
Cellu Tissue Corporation Clearwater Paper labor relations violation 2001 NLRB $56,357
HARTZ MOUNTAIN CORP. DBA L/M ANIMAL FARMS, INC. Unicharm workplace safety or health violation 2000 OSHA $53,688
HENKEL CONSUMER GOODS INC. Henkel benefit plan administrator violation 2009 EBSA $50,001
DIAL CORPORATION Henkel environmental violation 2017 EPA $44,598
THE PROCTOR & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMP Procter & Gamble environmental violation 2002 EPA $44,100
EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE, LLC. Edgewell Personal Care workplace safety or health violation 2017 OSHA $41,828
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC Church & Dwight environmental violation 2002 EPA $41,250
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Kimberly-Clark environmental violation 2010 TN-ENV $40,000
Mead Johnson & Co LLC (Glenview, IL) Reckitt Benckiser environmental violation 2013 EPA $38,400
CELLU TISSUE CORPORATION - NEENAH Clearwater Paper workplace safety or health violation 2014 OSHA $34,357
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. Church & Dwight workplace safety or health violation 2009 OSHA $33,625
WAUSAU PAPER CORPORATION Essity labor relations violation 2015 NLRB $33,170
BURT'S BEES, INC. Clorox environmental violation 2008 EPA $32,550
Kimberly-Clark Kimberly-Clark labor relations violation 2001 NLRB $30,500
Energizer Holdings, Inc. Energizer environmental violation 2014 VA-ENV $30,087
ENERGIZER PERSONAL CARE Edgewell Personal Care aviation safety violation 2011 FAA $30,000
Henkel Corp. and Cognis Corp. Henkel environmental violation 2000 CA-DTSC $29,904
MEAD JOHNSON AND COMPANY Reckitt Benckiser environmental violation 2009 EPA $29,308
Cellu Tissue Corporation Clearwater Paper environmental violation 2000 CT-ENV $28,000
Clorox Products Mfg. Co. Clorox environmental violation 2011 EPA $28,000
KIMBERLY-CLARK Kimberly-Clark workplace safety or health violation 2020 OSHA $27,306
Cellu Tissue Corporation Clearwater Paper labor relations violation 2001 NLRB $27,000
HARTZ MOUNTAIN CORP. DBA L/M ANIMAL FARMS, INC. Unicharm workplace safety or health violation 2000 OSHA $25,488
Zotos International, INC Henkel environmental violation 2005 CA-ARB $25,000
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Church & Dwight environmental violation 2013 WY-ENV $25,000
CLEARWATER PAPER CORP Clearwater Paper environmental violation 2009 ID-ENV $24,750
Aplicare, Inc. Clorox environmental violation 2011 CT-ENV $23,830
KIMBERLY CLARK OF PA LLC Kimberly-Clark environmental violation 2010 PA-ENV $23,750
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION Kimberly-Clark workplace safety or health violation 2011 OSHA $23,000
Energizer Personal Care LLC Edgewell Personal Care environmental violation 2015 CA-DPR $22,500
Clorox Company Clorox labor relations violation 2005 NLRB $22,083
PROCTER & GAMBLE PAPER PROD CO Procter & Gamble environmental violation 2014 PA-ENV $22,000
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