EPA v. Andau Medical Corp

Case summary

FIFRA NORA: 11/04/2025 NOTICE OF RECOMMENDATION TO REFUSE ADMISSION Consignee: Consignee Entry Number: 8LX-00034495 Product: CaviWipes (unregistered) 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 the pesticidal product in the shipment 8LX-00034495 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: 8LX-00034495 Product Name: CaviWipes (unregistered) Shipper/Manufacturer: Andau Medical Inc Consignee: Consignee Date of Importation: October 30, 2025 Port of Entry: Port of Cincinnati, Ohio (Port 4197) 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 appears to be an unregistered pesticide.

Defendants (1)

• Andau Medical CorpNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ANDAU MEDICAL CORP

  923 INDUSTRY DRIVE, TUKWILA, WA, 98188

  Registry ID: 110072101963

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Andau Medical Corpentered 2025-11-04

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2025-11-04Final Order Issued
• 2025-11-04Enforcement Action Closed
• 2025-11-16Enforcement Action Data Entered