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MUSHROOM SUPPLY & SERVICES, INC. (PENN TERMINALS, INC., PORT OF CHESTER, PA)

Administrative - Formal · FY2019 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 3602019121

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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-2019-8011
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

On September 30, 2019, Region 3 issued a NORA to Mushroom Supply & Services, Inc. of Newark, Delaware for importing a disinfectant/sanitizer solution intended to inhibit mold and pathogens that can affect mushroom crop. Any substance intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest such as bacteria, virus, or other microorganisms must be registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The product in this import shipment was not registered as a pesticide with the EPA, and the distribution of this product through importation is a violation of FIFRA. The violation was discovered through spot?checks of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Automated Commercial Environment database.

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