EPA v. HungTai Water Filter (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 five (5) pesticide device products in the import shipment of GlacialPure Refrigerator Water Filters, 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)

• HungTai IncNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• HUNG TAI INC

  1942 BROADWAY STE. 314C, BOULDER, CO, 80302

  Registry ID: 110070923742

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1F — Device Misbranded
• FIFRA 12A2N — Failure to File Reports

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HungTai Water Filter (COVID-19)entered 2021-03-08

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2021-03-08Final Order Issued
• 2021-03-08Enforcement Action Closed
• 2021-03-16Enforcement Action Data Entered