The Environmental Protection Agency reports that a U.S. company will pay a $314,747 penalty to settle claims that it violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act by illegally importing and distributing 23 types of unregistered pesticides and two misbranded pesticide devices, including purported disinfectant or antimicrobial health products.
According to an EPA press release, importers must file a notice of arrival before pesticides and pesticide devices arrive in the U.S. so the agency can determine if the products are compliant with federal law. In addition, pesticides that make claims to kill or mitigate pests, including those of a microbial nature, must be registered by the EPA before sale in the U.S., and the scope of the pesticidal claims they are allowed to make is limited. The company at issue was charged with violating both these provisions.
More information on the federal statute that regulates the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides in the U.S. can be found here.
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