EPA Region 1 filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order (?CAFO?) to resolve an administrative penalty case against regarding PetEdge, Inc. (?PetEdge?), Massachusetts corporation headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts. The CAFO requires PetEdge to pay a $75,900 monetary penalty to resolve numerous past violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as alleged in a pre-filing letter and CAFO issued on February 6, 2015.
The violations include 1) distribution or sale seven pesticide products at least once each in 2012 and 2013, without the products being registered as pesticides under FIFRA; 2) distribution or sale of three pesticides at least once each in 2012 and 2013, when the labels and/or labeling for the products bore an erroneous product registration number, inaccurate brand name, incorrect percent active ingredient, and/or false or misleading claims or statements under FIFRA; and 3) importing into the United States for distribution or sale one or more insect products without filing a report (i.e., notice of arrival) with EPA, as required by FIFRA.