7/15/2020 - STOP SALE, USE, OR REMOVAL ORDER ISSUED.
ON OR AROUND MARCH 21, 2020, UPS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS, INC. (HEREIN UPS SUPPLY), THE LICENSED CUSTOMS BROKER FOR VECTORNATE, INCORRECTLY FILED AN ENTRY, IN THE CBP ACE SYSTEM ON BEHALF OF VECTORNATE FOR THE IMPORTATION OF 490 KENMORE ELITE PREMIUM REFRIGERATOR FILTERS SHOWING THAT THE FILTERS WERE NOT PESTICIDES OR PESTICIDE DEVICES. THE PRODUCT ARRIVED AT THE UPS HUB UNDER ENTRY NUMBER SCS-93666114 ON OR AROUND MARCH 20, 2020.
UPON REVIEW OF THE LABEL PROVIDED OF THE KENMORE ELITE PREMIUM REFRIGERATOR FILTERS, EPA DETERMINED THAT THE FILTERS ARE ?PESTICIDE DEVICES? AS DEFINED BY SECTION 2(H) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 136H, IN THAT THEY ARE INSTRUMENTS INTENDED FOR DESTROYING PESTS. EPA DETERMINED THAT THE FILTERS WERE MISBRANDED DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF AN EPA ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER. ON MARCH 26, 2020, THE EPA INFORMED VECTORNATE AND UPS THAT THE SHIPMENT WOULD BE DENIED BECAUSE THE LABEL DID NOT INCLUDE AN EPA ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER AND AN ENTRY WAS NOT FILED. THE NOTICE OF REFUSAL OF ADMISSION (NORA) LETTER WAS ISSUED. VECTORNATE REQUESTED PERMISSION TO RELABEL THE PRODUCTS.
ON APRIL 3, 2020, VECTORNATE REQUESTED PERMISSION TO RELABEL THE PRODUCTS. ON JUNE 9, 2020, THE EPA INFORMED VECTORNATE THAT THE RELABELING COULD BE CONDUCTED UNDER THE NORA LETTER AND MUST BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 23, 2020 (90 DAYS FROM THE DATE WHEN THE NORA WAS ISSUED), AND VECTORNATE NEEDED TO FILE A NEW ENTRY SHOWING THAT THE IMPORTED PRODUCT WAS