# Brands International Corp. (NORA)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2023 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3603535056`
- **Case Number:** 05-2023-0013
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Brands International Corp. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On March 2, 2023, EPA requested U.S. Customs and Border Protection Refuse Admission of an unregistered pesticide. EPA determined that the quantity of  Germs Be Gone Sanitizing Wet Wipes  was not registered under FIFRA. Further, neither the Notice of Arrival of Pesticides and Devices (NOA), EPA Form 3540-1, or its electronic equivalent in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) had been submitted for the shipment. The importation of an unregistered pesticide is a violation of Section 12(a)(1)(A) of FIFRA. The failure to submit the NOA or its electronic equivalent is a violation of Section 12(a)(2)(N) of FIFRA.

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