EPA v. Brondell Inc. - Gravity-Fed Water Filtration System

Case summary

By this memorandum, 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 pesticide product in the import 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)

• Brondell Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PORT OF LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH

  SEASIDE AVE, LONG BEACH, CA, 90731

  Registry ID: 110060346914

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1F — Device Misbranded

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Brondell Inc. - Gravity-Fed Water Filtration Systementered 2026-04-01

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2026-04-01Final Order Issued
• 2026-04-01Enforcement Action Closed
• 2026-04-28Enforcement Action Data Entered