EPA v. CARRIER CORPORATION

Case summary

9/23/2025 - STOP SALE, USE, OR REMOVAL ORDER ISSUED. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS: ON OR AROUND APRIL 16, 2025, THE EPA ISSUED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW CAUSE LETTER TO RESPONDENT ALLEGING THE DISTRIBUTION OR SALE OF A MISBRANDED DEVICE WHICH IS AN INSTRUMENT OR CONTRIVANCE INTENDED FOR DESTROYING OR MITIGATING ANTIMICROBIAL PESTS, IMPORTED BETWEEN JANUARY 2020 AND NOVEMBER 2023, IN APPARENT VIOLATION OF FIFRA SECTION 12(A)(1)(F), 7 U.S.C. ? 136J(A)(1)(F). BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW, THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION INCLUDED IN THE AIR PURIFIER PACKAGING WERE MISLEADING, AS SET FORTH IN 40 C.F.R. ? 156.10(A)(5)(II), BECAUSE THE PESTICIDAL EFFICACY CLAIMS WERE GENERIC AND DID NOT SPECIFY THE SPECIFIC PEST(S) SPECIES AGAINST WHICH THE DEVICES HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE. THE DEVICES ARE THEREFORE MISBRANDED PURSUANT SECTION 2(Q)(1)(A) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136(Q)(1)(A), AND THE UNAUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTION OR SALE OF THESE MISBRANDED DEVICES BY RESPONDENT CONSTITUTES AN UNLAWFUL ACT IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 12(A)(1)(F) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136J(A)(1)(F). PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(A) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136K(A), RESPONDENT IS HEREBY ORDERED TO STOP ANY FURTHER DISTRIBUTION, SALE, OFFER FOR SALE, USE, OR REMOVAL OF ALL QUANTITIES OF THE AFFECTED DEVICES SUBJECT TO THIS ORDER, EXCEPT THAT RESPONDENT SHALL BE ALLOWED TO UNDERTAKE THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN THE PLAN OF ACTION IN SECTION III OF THIS SSURO TO RELABEL THE AFFECTED DEVICES BY REMOVING ALL PESTICIDAL CLAIMS. WITHIN TWO (2) BUSINESS DAYS OF COMPLETING ALL ACTIONS IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 20 OF THIS SSURO, RESPONDENT MUST SUBMIT TO THE EPA LEGIBLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RELABELED AFFECTED DEVICES, A COPY OF THE UPDATED INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS, THE NUMBER OF AFFECTED DEVICES THAT HAVE BEEN RELABELED, AND A FINAL CERTIFICATION FROM RESPONDENT STATING THAT THE WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SSURO. ADDITIONALLY, NO LATER THAN THE FIFTEENTH (15TH) DAY OF EACH MONTH UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE WORK PROPOSED, RESPONDENT SHALL PROVIDE THE EPA WITH A CERTIFICATION DESCRIBING THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE AFFECTED DEVICES DURING THE REPORTING TIMEFRAME.

Defendants (1)

• CARRIER CORPORATIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CARRIER CORPORATION

  13995 PASTEUR BLVD, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL, 33418

  Registry ID: 110069487344

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1F — Device Misbranded

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CARRIER CORPORATIONentered 2025-09-23

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2025-09-23Final Order Issued
• 2025-09-24Enforcement Action Data Entered