RIVERSIDE - (INT) - District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced Friday, that The Procter & Gamble Company (P & G) has agreed to settle a civil protection lawsuit in the amount of $850,000.

The Riverside County DA’s Office joined with the District Attorney’s Offices in Yolo, Fresno and Shasta counties to bring and now settle this consumer protection case against Procter & Gamble.

Under the terms of the settlement, without admitting any wrongdoing, P & G has agreed to pay $850,000 in civil penalties and costs. Included in that total, each of four DA’s Offices will receive $194,000 in civil penalties and $12,000 each for costs.

The investigation started after inspections into some of P & G’s Olay product line.

The civil complaint alleged that P & G’s packaging violated California’s slack fill law. Slack fill is the use of oversized packaging to make the product seem larger than it actually is.

After being advised of the allegations, P & G launched a review of its products and has committed to changing the packaging of its entire Olay product line.

The case was handled in Riverside County.

Story Date: June 28, 2015