EPA v. SEAL SHIELD, LLC (COVID-19)

Case summary

4/20/2020 ? STOP SALE, USE OR REMOVAL ORDER (SSURO) ISSUED TO SEAL SHIELD, LLC, PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF FIFRA, TO STOP SELLING/DISTRIBUTING UNREGISTERED PESTICIDES AND A MISBRANDED PESTICIDE DEVICE. SEAL SHIELD MANUFACTURES COMPUTER PERHPHERAL EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MEDICAL KEYBOARDS, MEDICAL SCROLL WHEEL MOUSE AND MOUSE PADS, SCREEN PROTECTORS, EAR BUDS, TV REMOTES, AND THE ELECTROCLAVE UV DISINFECTION/DEVICE MANAGER (COLLECTIVELY, SEAL SHIELD PRODUCTS). THE EPA REVIEWED SEAL SHIELD?S WEBSITE AND FOUND THAT SEAL SHIELD?S WEBSITE HAD CONTINUOUSLY INCLUDED PESTICIDE CLAIMS (INCLUDING EXPLICIT, IMPLICIT AND UNQUALIFIED PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMS) FOR SEAL SHIELD PRODUCTS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 12(a)(1)(A) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136J(a)(1)(A). THE EPA?S REVIEW ALSO FOUND THAT SEAL SHIELD?S WEBSITE CONTAINED EFFICACY CLAIMS REGARDING SEAL SHIELD?S ELECTROCLAVE DEVICE WHICH THE EPA CONCLUDED WERE FALSE OR MISLEADING, AND THEREFORE A MISBRANDED PESTICIDE DEVICE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 12(a)(1)(F) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136(J(A)(1)(f).

Defendants (1)

• SEAL SHIELD, LLCNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SEAL SHIELD, LLC

  315 E. ROBINSON STREET, SUITE 500, ORLANDO, FL, 32801

  Registry ID: 110070790885

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1F — Device Misbranded
• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SEAL SHIELD, LLCentered 2020-04-21

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2020-04-21Final Order Issued
• 2020-05-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2020-06-18Enforcement Action Closed