EPA v. COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION (APO) (FIFRA)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On May 27, 2025, EPA Region 10 settled with Costco Wholesale (Issaquah, Washington) for violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) resulting from the importation/distribution of thousands of pesticide and device units from June 2021 through July 2023. Specifically, EPA found that Costco Wholesale violated FIFRA by distributing unregistered pesticides, misbranded devices, for violating a stop sale order, and failing to file reports required by the Act. Overall, the EPA identified 3,735 separate violations. The company agreed to pay a civil penalty of $3,066,724.
Defendants (1)
- COSTOC WHOLESALE CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION
999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH, WA, 98027
Registry ID: 110017183527
Statutes cited
- FIFRA 12A1F — Device Misbranded
- FIFRA 12A2I — Violate SSUR Order
- FIFRA 12A2N — Failure to File Reports
- FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide
Enforcement conclusions (1)
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION (APO) (FIFRA)entered 2025-05-27
Primary law: FIFRA
Federal penalty: $3,066,724
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2025-02-11Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2025-05-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2025-05-27Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3604258495
- Case number
- 10-2025-0056
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 10
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Device Misbranded
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2025-0056 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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