EPA v. Advanced Purification Engineering [RO-5 Stage Water Filters (Model no. FLTSETROC1)] (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)

• Advanced Purification EngineeringNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ADVANCED PURIFICATION ENGINEERING

  301 BREA CANYON ROAD, CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA, 91789

  Registry ID: 110071819538

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1F — Device Misbranded

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Advanced Purification Engineering [RO-5 Stage Water Filters (Model no.FLTSETROC1)entered 2024-08-07

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2024-08-07Final Order Issued
• 2024-08-07Enforcement Action Closed
• 2024-08-09Enforcement Action Data Entered