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WELCON/ACCORDE MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · — · 1038

$80K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$60K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
01-1999-0049
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

WELCON WAS PRODUCING/DISTRIBUTING POLE BAGS USED TO STORE MEDICAL SYRINGES BETWEEN USES, WHICH WERE MAKING ANTI-MICROBIAL CLAIMS DIRECTLY ON BAGS. CLAIMS WERE MISLEADING IN THAT 1) PRODUCTS NOT REGISTERED AS PESTICIDES SO EFFICACY DATA NOT REVIEWED, AND 2) CLAIMS COULD LEAD USER TO BELEIVE THAT BAGS IMPART ANTI-MICROBIAL SAFEGUARDS TO DEVICES STORED. BAGS SOLD PRIMARILY TO NURSING HOMES.

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
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