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Settlement Reached In Yolo, Marin Lawsuit Against Bausch & Lomb
Riverside County also joined the consumer protection suit that maintained the company sold products with "slack fill" or empty space.
CALIFORNIA — Bausch & Lomb was ordered to pay a $135,000 settlement in a consumer protection case over allegedly deceptive packaging of eye care products, the Marin County District Attorney's Office said today.
A lawsuit, filed by district attorneys in Marin, Riverside and Yolo counties, maintained that the company sold products with "slack fill" or excess empty space that misrepresented the volume.
Under laws governing packing of retail products, consumers should be able to tell from packaging what they are buying, Marin County District Attorney Edward Berberian said.
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"Packaging with nonfunctional slack fill defeats the ability to do so," Berberian said.
The products, PeroxiClear hydrogen peroxide contacts lens solution and Alaway antihistamine eye drops, were sold with oversized packaging over the past four years in California, according to the lawsuit.
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Bausch & Lomb was cooperative during an investigation and took measures to eliminate or change unlawful packaging of the products.
In addition to the $135,000 settlement order by Marin County Superior Court Judge Roy Chernus, the company is prohibited from future violations for products made and packaged after the date of the consent judgment.
By Bay City News Service
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