EPA v. Stelcore Management Services, LLC

Case summary

FIFRA NORA: 10/8/2025 Notice of Recommendation to Refuse Admission Importer of Record: Stelcore Management Services, LLC Entry Number: 9R3-00304492 Product(s): Sajtox Copper Water Bottle 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 9R3-00304492 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: 9R3-00304492 Product Name(s): Sajtox Copper Water Bottle Shipper/Manufacturer: Sajtox India Consignee: Stelcore Management Services, LLC Date of Importation: October 2, 2025 Port of Entry: Port of Jacksonville, Florida (Port Code 1803) 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 pesticide product claims to ?naturally purify, killing harmful bacteria for safter water.? Therefore, pursuant to 40 C.F.R. 152.15, the product is a pesticide requiring registration because it is, or contains, a substance (or mixture of substances) intended for a pesticidal purpose, i.e., use for the purpose of preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. ? FIFRA ? 12(a)(2)(N): Failure to file reports required by the Act. The importer or the importer's agent did not file or did not complete: o A Notice of Arrival of Pesticide and Devices (NOA) EPA Form 3540-1 prior to the arrival of the shipment in the U.S.; or o An electronic alternative to the NOA filed with the entry documentation via any CBP authorized electronic data interchange system. Pursuant to the foregoing, and in accordance with Section 17(c) of FIFRA, the EPA is notifying CBP of these violations so that it may either refuse delivery of the abovementioned product(s) to the consignee, or if the shipment has been released to the consignee under bond, require redelivery of the shipment under the terms of the bond. Please provide the EPA with a copy of the export waybill or other documentation demonstrating that exportation or destruction of the product(s) has occurred within 90 days after notice of the refusal of delivery or within 90 days after redelivery, as applicable.

Defendants (1)

• Stelcore Management Services, LLCNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• STELCORE MANAGEMENT SERVICES

  8 THE GREEN SUITE 5766, DOVER, DE, 19901

  Registry ID: 110072081089

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A2N — Failure to File Reports
• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Stelcore Management Services, LLCentered 2025-10-08

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2025-10-08Final Order Issued
• 2025-10-08Enforcement Action Closed
• 2025-10-16Enforcement Action Data Entered