EPA v. HEART FOODS CO.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$6,120
Case summary
HEART FOODS SOLD THREE PERSTICIDE PRODUCTS (ROACH ATTACK, TICK ATTACK, SKEETER SKATTER) WHICH WERE UNREGISTERED AND MISBRANDED. EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY FOR $40,000. HEART FOODS RE-LABLED TWO OF THE PRODUCTS (TICK ATTACK AND SKEETER SKATTER) FOR SALE AS NON-PESTICIDES; BOTH HAD SIGNIFICANT COMMERCIAL VALUE INDEPENDENT OF USE AS INSECT REPELLANTS. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE HELD ON MAY 13, 1992. RESPONDENT TO SEND FINANCIAL INFRMATION TO EPA.
Defendants (1)
- HEART FOODS CO.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
HEART FOODS CO
2235 E 38TH ST, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 55407
Registry ID: 110010728418
Statutes cited
- FIFRA 3 — Registration of Pesticides
- FIFRA 2Q — Fed. Insect, Fung & Rod Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
HEART FOODS CO.entered 1994-03-31
Primary law: FIFRA
Federal penalty: $6,120
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1992-04-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1992-04-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1994-03-31Final Order Issued
- 1994-03-31Compliance Achieved
- 1994-03-31Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 27986
- Case number
- 05-1992-0112
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- Branch
- AWTGL
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Registration of Pesticides
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1992-0112 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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