FIFRA NOTICE OF WARNING: 11/26/2024
Notice of Recommendation to Refuse Admission
Consignee: Dupray USA LLC
Entry Number: 551-18878161
Product(s): Steam Cleaners
By this memorandum, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is notifying the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that it is the opinion of the EPA that one or more of the pesticidal products in the shipment 551-18878161 described below, is in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA, or the Act), as amended, 7 U.S.C. ? 136o(c), and should be refused entry into the United States pursuant to the authority of Section 17(c) of FIFRA as more fully detailed below.
FIFRA ? 12(a)(1)(F) To sell or distribute a pesticide device that is misbranded. Specifically, the device does not appear to be labeled in accordance with FIFRA ? 2(q)(1). The product label appears to include claims that are false or misleading in relation to the efficacy of the product. Please note that the terms sanitize, disinfect and sterilize have separate meanings under FIFRA regarding a products effectiveness as a pesticide or device. Further, the product label appears to include claims that are false or misleading in relation to the safety of the pesticide of its ingredients (?chemical free?) and a comparison with other pesticides or devices (?better?).