EPA v. Zhao Kun Yan EJ785097275JP - Virus Down (COVID-19)

Case summary

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 (EPA) is informing the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (CBP) that the Virus Down cards in the two import shipments should be Denied Entry-Refused Delivery into the United States pursuant to the authority of Section 17(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. Section 136o(c), and the implementing regulations at 19 C.F.R. Section 12.114. The parcels arrived without Notice of Arrival. The importer, Zhao Kun Yan, attempted to import two shipments of unregistered Virus Down cards into the United States. All pesticides are required to be registered with EPA before their entry into the United States, unless certain exemptions are met, pursuant to Section 3 of FIFRA.

Defendants (1)

• Zhao Kun YanNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ZHAO KUN YAN

  PO BOX 1155, TEMPLE CITY, CA, 91780

  Registry ID: 110070814812

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Zhao Kun Yan EJ785097275JP - Virus Down (COVID-19)entered 2020-04-01

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2020-04-01Final Order Issued
• 2020-04-01Enforcement Action Closed
• 2020-06-22Enforcement Action Data Entered