EPA v. KAREN TSUCHINO

Case summary

FIFRA NORA: 5/1/2025 NOTICE OF RECOMMENDATION TO REFUSE ADMISSION Consignee: Karen Tsuchino Tracking Number: 880298197959 Product(s): Consento Fungicida and Consento Pesticide 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 880298197959 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: 880298197959 Product Name(s): Consento Fungicida and Consento Pesticide Shipper/Manufacturer: Santiago Amado Consignee: Karen Tsuchino Date of Importation: April 08, 2024 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.

Defendants (1)

• KAREN TSUCHINONamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• KAREN TSUCHINO

  942 SOUTH SHADY GROVE ROAD, MEMPHIS, TN, 38120

  Registry ID: 110071948961

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• KAREN TSUCHINOentered 2025-05-01

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

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