SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. __1__)*
USA DETERGENTS, INC.
(Name of Issuer)
COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE
(Title of Class of Securities)
902938 10 9
(CUSIP Number)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which
would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act
(however, see the Notes).
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1 NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (entities only)
Ms. Dinah Evan
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF
SHARES 386,430 shares
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING 598,075 shares
PERSON
WITH
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
386,430 shares
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
598,075 shares
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
984,505 shares
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
7.1%
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
IN
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Item 1(a) NAME OF ISSUER:
USA Detergents, Inc.
Item 1(b) ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:
1735 Jersey Avenue
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Item 2(a) NAME OF PERSON FILING:
See Item 1 of the cover page attached hereto
Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office, or if none, Residence:
c/o USA Detergents, Inc.
1735 Jersey Avenue
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Item 2(c) CITIZENSHIP:
See Item 4 of the cover page attached hereto
Item 2(d) TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES:
Common Stock, par value $0.01
Item 2(e) CUSIP NUMBER:
902938 10 9
Item 3 Not applicable.
Item 4 OWNERSHIP:
(a) Amount beneficially owned:
Reporting Person beneficially owns an aggregate of 984,505
shares of Common Stock, of which (1) 312,130 are held by
Reporting Person's husband, Uri Evan, and (2) 285,945 are held
by a trust for the benefit of a child of Mr. Evan. The
remainder of the shares beneficially owned by Reporting Person
are held of record by Reporting Person rather than by a trust
for her benefit as described in her last report. Reporting
Person disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares other than
those held in her name.
(b) Percent of Class:
See Item 11 of the cover page attached hereto
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
See Items 5 through 8 of the cover page attached hereto
Item 5 OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS:
Not applicable.
Item 6 OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER
PERSON:
Not applicable.
Item 7 IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH
ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING
COMPANY:
Not Applicable
Item 8 IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP:
Not Applicable
Item 9 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP:
Not Applicable
Item 10 CERTIFICATION:
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in
the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the
purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and
were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in
any transaction having such purposes or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.
February 10, 1998
/s/ Dinah Evan
Dinah Evan
