Salvation Army Winnipeg, Kelowna Gospel Mission, and the Toronto Police. In November 2022, the Monat Gratitude donated a fraction of their sales to support communities in Puerto Rico, Florida and Canada who were impacted by Hurricanes Fiona and Ian. Lawsuits and legal issues Monat has been the subject of ten lawsuits and hundreds of complaints to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Better Business Bureau. Monat retaliated against some of the complainants by filing defamation lawsuits. In 2018, Monat’s products were tested at the independent clinical testing labs of Kosmoscience Ciencia & Tecnologia Cosmetica Ltda, an ISO 17025-certified laboratory in Brazil. Kosmoscience has also tested products for L’Oreal, Unilever, Proctor & Gamble, and Johnson & Johnson. The tests reported that Monat’s products did not promote hair breakage or hair damage. In March 2019, a federal report filed by the FDA after inspecting Monat's Florida manufacturing facility found that multiple products were "prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby (they) may have become contaminated with filth". An FDA legal expert said that the report “falls on the mild side of the enforcement spectrum and notes fairly common issues.” In October 2019, a ruling by the U.S. district court in Miami, Florida allowed a consumer class action lawsuit against Monat to proceed, although the judge noted that plaintiffs may have difficulty proving that the company’s products are to blame for their injuries. The judge in the case said that the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged that Monat's products were defectively designed using contaminated chemicals and that the company had failed to inspect their ingredients for contamination. In a separate court case, a judge ruled that the plaintiffs had no constitutional standing to seek injunctive relief from Monat. In 2020, the Florida Attorney General terminated its investigation into Monat after the company signed an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance. Monat hired an independent lab, Kosmoscience, to test its products. The lab is used by companies such as Proctor & Gamble and L’Oreal. Its report "did not indicate any event that could discredit the products investigated." References Multi-level marketing companies