3/12/2012 - STOP SALE, USE, OR REMOVAL ORDER (SSURO) ISSSUED.
ORDER STATES:
ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 31, 2012, AN INSPECTOR OF THE EPA REGION 4 OFFICE INSPECTED RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
PRIOR TO THE AFOREMENTIONED INSPECTION, VOTRAN PURCHASED TWO MICRO-MIST DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS MANUFACTURED BY ZIMEK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, AND 36 CASES OF THE SPORICIDIN BRAND DISINFECTANT SOLUTION, EPA REGISTRATION NUMBER 8383-3, TO FOG THE SURFACE AREAS INSIDE ITS VEHICLES.
INFORMATION COLLECTED DURING THE JANUARY 31, 2012 INSPECTION, SHOWS THAT VOTRAN HAD USED AND WAS CONTINUING TO USE THE ZIMEK MICRO-MIST DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM TO FOG THE INTERIOR OF ITS VEHICLES WITH THE SPORICIDIN BRAND DISINFECTANT SOLUTION .
PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF FIFRA, 7.U.S.C. SECTION 136a, A PESTICIDE INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION OR SALE MUST BE REGISTERED WITH EPA.
THE SPORICIDIN BRAND DISINFECTANT SOLUTION, IS REGISTERED WITH EPA AS A READY-TO-USE PRODUCT THAT MAY BE APPLIED TO PRE-CLEANED, HARD, NON-POROUS SURFACES AS A CLEANER, DISINFECTANT AND DEODORIZER BY THOROUGHLY WETTING THE SURFACE. EPA REGISTRATION NUMBER 8383-3 LABEL BEARS THE DIRECTIONS FOR USE FOR FOGGING CLEAN ROOMS ONLY.
IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO USE A REGISTERED PESTICIDE IN A MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH ITS LABELING. FOGGING WITH THE SPORICIDIN PRODUCT VIA THE ZIMEK MICRO-MIST DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM IS A VIOLATION OF SECTION 12(a)(2)(G) OF FIFRA.