# eBay Inc
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2020 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3602237247`
- **Case Number:** HQ-2020-5011
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- eBay Inc (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On June 10, 2020, the EPA issued a SSURO to eBay Inc., ordering the company to immediately stop the sale or distribution of over 40 different types of pesticide products that were being offered for sale on its website in violation of FIFRA sections 12(a)(1)(A), 12(a)(1)(E), and 12(a)(2)(F). These provisions make it unlawful for any person to distribute or sell pesticides that are unregistered, misbranded, and that are registered for restricted-use when made available to the general public. The EPA received tips and complaints from the public and other agency offices of pesticides being distributed or sold on eBay.com in violation of FIFRA. Subsequently, the EPA began collecting and reviewing additional information on product sales, inspecting offers for sale on eBay.com, and purchasing product samples from the website. The EPA developed lists of products that it determined were pesticides that must be registered before being distributed or sold, pesticides that made unapproved claims of efficacy against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and restricted-use pesticides that were being sold to the general public. 

Pursuant to the authority in FIFRA section 13(a), the EPA ordered eBay to immediately stop the sale, use, or removal of the products described in the SSURO, except as provided in the order. The SSURO also prohibits eBay from using, selling, offering for sale, holding for sale, shipping, or delivering for shipment the subject pesticides for any reason, unles

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