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Company: Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems, LLC
Current Parent Company: Clorox
Penalty: $1,750,000
Year: 2019
Date: August 14, 2019
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: false advertising
Violation Description: Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems, LLC, a subsidiary of the Clorox Co., agreed to pay $250,000 in civil penalties and costs plus $1.5 million in restitution in settlement of allegations it advertised vitamins as free of heavy metals, but which were found to have detectable amounts of lead.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Los Angeles (CA) City Attorney
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: Los Angeles
Facility City: Los Angeles
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: household and personal care products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: household products
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