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Company: Matrixx Initiatives
Penalty: $428,800
Year: 2010
Date: December 3, 2010
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Matrixx Initiatives, maker of Zicam medicines, agreed to pay $428,800 in settlement of allegations by five California District Attorneys that it violated state laws by packaging products with extra space that misled consumers as to the actual size.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
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