When you purchased Tom’s of Maine toothpaste within the final six years, you would be eligible for a money payout stemming from a latest $2.9 million settlement.
The category-action lawsuit filed towards Tom’s dad or mum firm, Colgate-Palmolive Firm, “alleged misleading and deceptive enterprise practices with respect to the manufacturing, marketing, and sale” of sure toothpaste merchandise.”
Tom’s is finest identified for its pure merchandise. The toothpaste merchandise have been produced at its manufacturing facility in Sanford, Maine, the place the corporate additionally makes deodorant and bar cleaning soap, and offered to customers via third-party retailers.
What’s the problem within the class-action lawsuit?
Throughout a Could 2024 inspection of Tom’s Sanford manufacturing facility, the Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) raised issues that sure circumstances on the facility “weren’t in compliance its Present Good Manufacturing Processes.”
Following the inspection, a evaluate of “pre-release testing knowledge for roughly 4,900 completed toothpastes manufactured over a three-year interval [. . .] discovered that no batch confirmed a security threat to customers.”
The lawsuits concerned are: Denny v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., Case No. 24-cv-02129 (M.D. Fla.); Rabinowitz v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., Index No. 622019/2024 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.); Pitre v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., Case No. 4:24-cv-09318 (N.D. Cal.); Foreman v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., Case No. 3:25-cv-00314 (S.D. Cal.); Zetterstrom v. Colgate-Palmolive Co., Case No. 25-cv-02151 (S.D.N.Y.); and Rabinowitz et al. v. Colgate-Palmolive Firm et al., No. 2:25-cv-6996 (JMW) (E.D.N.Y.)
Quick Firm has reached out to Tom’s for remark. Within the settlement, the corporate denied any wrongdoing.
Am I eligible for the Colgate-Palmolive settlement?
When you bought a number of Tom’s of Maine toothpaste merchandise between November 21, 2020, and March 6, 2026 within the U.S., you might be eligible to obtain a fee from the category motion settlement.
How can I submit a settlement declare for my Tom’s of Maine toothpaste buy?
To obtain a money fee from this settlement, submit a legitimate claim form on-line; or, obtain and both mail or e-mail the finished type to the category administrator.
For extra questions, customers might name 1-877-315-6779 or e-mail [email protected].
A most of 1 declare type could also be submitted per family.
What’s the deadline for submitting a declare?
Claims have to be filed by July 6, 2026, and the settlement’s ultimate approval listening to is ready for September 10.
