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Contingencies

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Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2020
Contingencies [Abstract]  
Contingencies NOTE F – CONTINGENCIES

The Company is involved in various lawsuits, claims, and other legal matters from time to time that arise in the ordinary course of conducting business, including matters involving its products, intellectual property, supplier relationships, distributors, competitor relationships, employees and other matters. The Company records a liability when a particular contingency is probable and estimable. The Company faces contingencies that are reasonably possible to occur; however, they cannot currently be estimated. While complete assurance cannot be given to the outcome of these proceedings, management does not currently believe that any of these matters, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.

On February 7, 2017, the Company disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC that it was conducting a voluntary internal investigation regarding its BabyCare operations in China.  In connection with this investigation, the Company expects to continue to incur costs in conducting the review and investigation, in responding to requests for information in connection with any government investigations and in defending any potential civil or governmental proceedings that may be instituted against it or any of its current or former officers or directors.  In 2017, the Company voluntarily contacted the SEC and the United States Department of Justice to advise both agencies that an internal investigation was underway. The Company has provided information to both agencies throughout the internal investigation.  The Company’s internal investigation is substantially complete, however the Company continues to cooperate with the SEC and the United States Department of Justice to seek a final resolution of the matter.  The Company cannot predict the duration, scope, or result of the investigation. One or more governmental actions could be instituted in respect of the matters that are the subject of the internal investigation, and such actions, if brought, may result in judgments, settlements, fines, penalties, injunctions, cease and desist orders, criminal penalties, or other relief.