Shield Packaging of California, Inc. Settelment
Shield Packaging of California, Inc. Case Settles for $7,125
Shield Packaging of California, Inc. (Shield) settled a case with the California Air Resources board (ARB) on March 17, 2016, for manufacturing, selling and/or supplying non-compliant hair spray in California. Shield voluntarily disclosed that from November 2012 - November 2015, (unknowingly at the time) manufactured hair finishing sprays that contained concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOC) exceeding the 55 percent by weight VOC limit for the Hair Finishing Spray category. The excess VOC emissions for the sales of these products were approximately 0.57 tons. Shield paid $7,125.00 to settle the case.