EPA v. PURICORE, INC.

Case summary

EPA REGION 3 FILED A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER (CAFO) SIMULTANEOUSLY COMMENCING AND CONCLUDING AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION PROCEEDING AGAINST PURICORE, INC. FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA). THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS STEM FROM THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF TWO (2) UNREGISTERED PESTICIDES PRODUCEFRESH AND FLORAFRESH. EPA REGION 3 RECEIVED A TIP REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN MARCH 2015 AND PERFORMED AN INSPECTION AT PURICORE'S FACILITY IN MALVERN, PA. EPA LATER DETERMINED THAT NEITHER PRODUCT WAS REGISTERED WITH THE AGENCY. THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA) 7 U.S.C. 136(A), PROVIDES THAT NO PERSON IN ANY STATE MAY SELL OR DISTRIBUTE OR OFFER TO SELL AND DISTRIBUTE TO ANY PERSON ANY PESTICIDE THAT IS NOT REGISTERED UNDER THIS ACT. FLORAFRESH WAS REGISTERED WITH THE AGENCY IN FEBRUARY 2016, WHILE PRODUCEFRESH IS UNDERGOING PESTICIDE REGISTRATION REVIEW, PRODUCEFRESH WAS USED ON SUPERMARKET PRODUCE AND IN PRODUCE MISTING SYSTEMS. PER THE TERMS OF THE CAFO, PURICORE, INC. WILL PAY A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. ($550,000).

Defendants (1)

• PURICORE, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PURICORE, INC.

  508 LAPP ROAD, MALVERN, PA, 19355

  Registry ID: 110064404791

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PURICORE, INC.entered 2016-05-26

  Primary law: FIFRA

  Federal penalty: $550,000

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2016-05-26Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2016-05-26Final Order Issued
• 2016-06-02Enforcement Action Data Entered