EPA v. Helena Agri-Enterprises LLC

Case summary

FIFRA NORA: 4/30/2025 NOTICE OF RECOMMENDATION TO REFUSE ADMISSION Consignee: Helena Agri-Enterprises LLC Entry Number: 799-71665576 Product(s): Lambda Cyhalothrin 25 CS HAE-2025-02 By this memorandum, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is notifying the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that it is the opinion of the EPA that one or more of the pesticidal products in the shipment 799-71665576 described below, is in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA, or the Act), as amended, 7 U.S.C. ? 136o(c), and should be refused entry into the United States pursuant to the authority of Section 17(c) of FIFRA as more fully detailed below. The following information pertains to this shipment: Entry Number: 799-71665576 Product Name(s): Lambda Cyhalothrin 25 CS HAE-2025-02 Shipper/Manufacturer: Meghmani Organics Limited Consignee: Helena Agri-Enterprises LLC Date of Importation: March 20, 2025 Port of Entry: Port of Port of Memphis, Tennessee FedEx Hub - 2095 It appears that the product is not in compliance with the Act and is subject to refusal of entry into the United States due to the following violation(s): ? FIFRA 12(a)(1)(A) To sell or distribute to any person any pesticide that is not registered under Section 3 or whose registration has been cancelled or suspended, except to the extent that distribution or sale otherwise has been authorized by the Administrator under FIFRA. Specifically, the label includes an incorrect ingredient statement and net weight.

Defendants (1)

• Helena Agri-Enterprises LLCNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• HELENA AGRI-ENTERPRISES, LLC

  225 SCHILLING BOULEVARD, COLLIERSVILLE, TN, 38017

  Registry ID: 110015788094

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Helena Agri-Enterprises LLCentered 2025-04-30

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2025-04-30Enforcement Action Closed
• 2025-04-30Final Order Issued
• 2025-05-01Enforcement Action Data Entered