EPA v. Agua Topone UV Sterilizer (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 Agua Topone UV Sterilizer pesticide device import products in the shipment 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. Section136o(c), and the implementing regulations at 19 C.F.R. Section 12.117 and 19 Section C.F.R. 12.114. The entry was marked Refused in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

Defendants (1)

• Applied Laboratories LimitedNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• APPLIED LABORATORIES LIMITED

  4415 W 145TH STREET, LAWNDALE, CA, 90260

  Registry ID: 110070945319

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1F — Device Misbranded

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Agua Topone UV Sterilizer (COVID-19)entered 2021-05-17

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2021-05-17Final Order Issued
• 2021-05-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2021-05-17Enforcement Action Closed