EPA v. MOORE PURITY, LLC

Case summary

8/6/19 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,320, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: ON OR ABOUT DEC 11, 2018, EPA RECEIVED INFO THAT RESPONDENT MAY HAVE OFFERED FOR SALE PESTICIDES THAT WERE UNREGISTERED WITH EPA. ON OR ABOUT DEC 13, 2018, AN EPA REGION 4 CASE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER CONDUCTING A REVIEW OF THE RESPONDENT'S WEBSITE. THE OFFICER OBSERVED THAT THE WEBSITE INCLUDED ADVERTISEMENTS MAKING PESTICIDAL CLAIMS FOR 2 PRODUCTS THAT WERE BEING OFFERED FOR SALE BY RESPONDENT ON THE WEBISTE. AT THE TIME OF THE REVIEW, THE PESTICIDAL CLAIMS BEING MADE FOR PURELEAF READY TO USE AND PURELEAF MIX AND USE INCLUDED, BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO: CONTAINS THE MOST POTENT SANITIZING AGENT AVAILABLE, KILLING 99.99% OF FUNGUS, MOLD, SPORES, BACTERIA, AND OTHER PATHOGENS , WILL SANITIZE ALL YOUR WORK SURFACES AND TOOLS AND PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION , PERMEATES YOU HARDEST TO REACH PLACES AND KILLS THE SPORES WHERE THEY HIDE , AND NO ORGANISM TESTED AGAINST PURELEAF HAS PROVEN TO BE RESISTANT. BASED ON THOSE CLAIMS, PURELEAF READY TO USE AND PURELEAF MIX AND USE ARE ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDES AND MUST BE REGISTERED WITH EPA. HOWEVER, AT THE TIME EPA REVIEWED RESPONDENT'S WEBSITE, THESE TWO PESTICIDE PRODUCTS HAD NOT BEEN REGISTERED. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED FIFRA 12(a)(1)(A) ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS BY OFFERING FOR SALE THE TWO UNREGISTERED PESTICIDES PURELEAF READY TO USE AND PURELEAF MIX AND USE.

Defendants (1)

• MOORE PURITY, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MOORE PURITY, LLC

  1701 DESTINO COURT, PORT ORANGE, FL, 32128

  Registry ID: 110070604845

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MOORE PURITY, LLCentered 2019-08-06

  Primary law: FIFRA

  Federal penalty: $4,320

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2019-08-06Final Order Issued
• 2019-08-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2019-08-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2019-10-30Enforcement Action Closed