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PELGAR USA CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY2023 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3603520588

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Case

Case Number
03-2023-0053
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

On February 16, 2023, a Consent Agreement and Final Order entered into by EPA and PelGar USA Corporation (?Respondent?) was filed with the Regional Hearing Clerk settling alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (?FIFRA?). The violations were discovered as a result of investigations into rodenticide products imported and sold by Respondent from 2015 and 2020. The products include batches of BRIGAND SB SOFT BAIT RODENTICIDE (EPA Reg. No. 87235-1) and BRIGAND WB WAX BLOCK RODENTICIDE (EPA Reg. No. 87235-2) which through laboratory testing were found to have percentages of active ingredient below certified limits, and to be comprised of components that were not approved at the time of registration. Additionally in 2020, Respondent was observed to be distributing or selling the two rodenticides after have receiving a FIFRA SSSURO. For each product, EPA worked closely with Respondent to bring its products into compliance with FIFRA. As alleged in the Consent Agreement and Final Order, Respondent?s conduct constituted unlawful acts under Sections 12(a)(1)(C), (E) and (a)(2)(I) of FIFRA for distributing or selling pesticides the composition of which differed from the compositions described in the statements required in connection with their registrations, that were adulterated or misbranded, or were subject to a prior Stop Sale Order, subjecting it to civil penalties under Section 14(a) of FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 136l(a). The types of FIFRA violatio

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