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Administrative - Formal · FY2010 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 1800091601

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Case Number
04-2010-3443
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Summary

1/10/10 - STOP SALE, USE OR REMOVAL ORDER ISSUED. RESPONDENT OPERATES A FACILITY IN CHARLOTTE, NC, AND SELLS THE PRODUCTS VIA THE INTERNET. ON OR ABOUT OCT 21, 2008, AN EPA INSPECTOR INSPECTED RESPONDENT'S FACILITY AND WEBSITE. DURING THE INSPECTION, THE INSPECTOR REVIEWED VARIOUS SIZES OF KITS CONTAINING THE LARGEST AVAILABLE DOSE OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING EPA REGISTERED PESTICIDES: FRONTLINE PLUS, ADVANTAGE, OR KY ADVANTIX, PACKAGED WITH A SYRINGE, GLASS VIAL, AND INSTRUCTIONS TO USE THE AMOUNT INTENDED AS A SINGLE DOSE FOR A LARGE DOG AS MULTIPLE DOSES FOR SMALLER ANIMALS. THESE PRODUCTS ARE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE KITS. THE KITS WERE OFFERED FOR SALE BY RESPONDENTS. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, THE KITS WERE NOT REGISTERED AS PESTICIDES WITH EPA. FIFRA SEC 12(a)(1)(A) STATES THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON IN ANY STATE TO DISTRIBUTE OR SELL TO ANY PERSON A PESTICIDE THAT IS NOT REGISTERED BY EPA. FIFRA SEC 2(q) STATES A PESTICIDE IS MISBRANDED WHEN ITS LABELING BEARS ANY STATEMENT, DESIGN, OR GRAPHIS REPRESENTATION WHICH IS FALSE OR MISLEADING IN ANY PARTICULAR. THE KITS WERE MISBRANDED IN THAT THE WEBSITE LABELING CONTAINED A GRAPHIC REPRESENTING EPA, WHICH DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IMPLIES RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT BY AN AGENCY OF THE FED GOV'T. FIFRA SEC 12(a)(1)(E) STATES THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON IN ANY STATE TO DISTRIBUTE OR SELL TO ANY PERSON ANY PESTICIDE WHICH IS ADULTERATED OR MISBRANDED. ON OR ABOUT DEC 18, 2009, AN EPA INSPEC

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