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Company: Amazon.com Inc.
Current Parent Company: Amazon.com
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Penalty: $1,562,400
Year: 2018
Date: August 1, 2018
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Amazon.com agreed to pay $1,512,400 in settlement of allegations by 23 California District Attorneys that it misleadingly labeled plastic products as biodegradable or compostable. Amazon also agreed to make an additional payment of $50,000 to CalRecycle to fund testing of plastic products marketed to consumers as compostable or degradable.
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
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-internet
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