True Manufacturing Company (True Manufacturing) is a company that manufactures commercial cooking products and refrigeration products based in O’Fallon, Missouri. True Manufacturing sold or offered for sale commercial hot food holding cabinets and commercial automatic ice makers in California, from March 2022 to April 2026.

This case was the result of a complaint. CEC’s investigation and testing process identified that True Manufacturing was manufacturing and offering for sale True, True Refrigeration, and True Manufacturing Company brand commercial hot food holding cabinets and commercial automatic ice makers that were not certified to the Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database System (MAEDbS).

To resolve this matter, True Manufacturing executed a Settlement Agreement with CEC on October 1, 2026, for $115,000.00. The penalty monies are deposited into the Appliance Efficiency Enforcement Subaccount as required in Public Resources Code section 25402.11. True Manufacturing has also agreed to a compliance plan to test and certify all models to MAEDbS before continuing to sell in California.