# Winterstieger Inc. (005)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2023 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3603466324`
- **Case Number:** 08-2023-0021
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Winterstieger Inc. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

The product datasheet for the HNS S 5 W G23- PURITEC HNS UV-C | UV-C lamps for purification has the following pesticide claims:
? ?lamps for purification?
? ?Efficient disinfecting of air, water and surfaces.?
These HNS S 5 W G23- PURITEC HNS UV-C | UV-C lamps are devices under FIFRA section 2(h), 7 U.S.C. ? 136(h), and 40 C.F.R ? 152.500(a) because they fall within the definition of ?any instrument or contrivance (other than a firearm) which is intended for trapping, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, [which includes virus, bacteria, or other micro-organism,] or any other form of plant or animal life (other than man and other than bacteria, virus, or other microorganism on or in living man or other living animals); but not including equipment used for the application of pesticides when sold separately therefrom.?
The HNS S 5 W G23- PURITEC HNS UV-C | UV-C lamps are misbranded pursuant to FIFRA section 2(q)(1), 7 U.S.C. ? 136(q)(1) because there is no EPA Establishment Number, there are no directions for use, and no caution or warning statements on their labels.

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