EPA v. Niche Importing Group, LLC - Mist Humidifier (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 following 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. 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).

Defendants (1)

• Niche Importing Group, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• NICHE IMPORTING GROUP, LLC

  1499 N. POST OAK RD., STE 224, HOUSTON, TX, 77055

  Registry ID: 110071374464

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1F — Device Misbranded

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Niche Importing Group, LLC - Mist Humidifier (COVID-19)entered 2023-02-09

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2023-02-09Final Order Issued
• 2023-02-09Enforcement Action Closed
• 2023-02-13Enforcement Action Data Entered