EPA v. Preferred Nation - UVC LED Disinfection Stick (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 UVC LED disinfection stick in the import shipment described below 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 entry was marked Refused in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) by EPA.

Defendants (1)

• Preferred NationNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PREFERRED NATION INC

  1306 PALOMARES AVE, LA VERNE, CA, 91750

  Registry ID: 110070836437

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1F — Device Misbranded

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Preferred Nation - UVC LED Disinfection Stick (COVID-19)entered 2021-01-29

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2021-01-29Enforcement Action Closed
• 2021-01-29Final Order Issued
• 2021-02-02Enforcement Action Data Entered