EPA v. SMITHS DETECTION, INC. (COVID-19)
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
On March 16, Region 3 issued a Notice of Refusal of Admission (NORA) to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to refuse admission of misbranded UV disinfection lights imported through the BWI Airport, MD. It is a violation of FIFRA to sell/distribute pesticide devices which are not properly labelled (i.e. misbranded) with required information such as the EPA Establishment Number where the item was produced. The importer has stated they will export the devices back to the manufacturer.
Defendants (1)
- SMITHS DETECTION, INC. (COVD-19)Named in settlement
Facilities (1)
SMITHS DETECTION, INC.
2202 LAKESIDE BLVD., EDGEWOOD, MD, 21040-1102
Registry ID: 110019904175
Statutes cited
- FIFRA 12A1E — Adulterated/Misbranded
Enforcement conclusions (1)
SMITHS DETECTION, INC. (COVID-19)entered 2021-03-15
Primary law: FIFRA
Timeline (2 milestones)
- 2021-03-15Final Order Issued
- 2021-03-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3602445598
- Case number
- 03-2021-8029
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 03
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Adulterated/Misbranded
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-2021-8029 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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