FIFRA NOW: 12/02/2024
Mission Essentials, LLC
FIFRA Notice of Warning
Case File No. FIFRA-04-2025-3504
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has obtained evidence indicating that Mission Essentials, LLC (hereinafter Mission Essentials) appears to be in violation of, or have committed violations of, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). On September 5, 2024, an inspector authorized by the EPA conducted an inspection at Mission Essentials located at 295 Seven Farms Drive, Suite 216-C, Charleston, South Carolina 29492.
The inspection revealed that Mission Essentials sold and distributed the product Fight Back. This product bore a label with claims to deter and repel mosquitos, gnats, and other insects, and is a pesticide as defined under FIFRA Section 2(u), 7 U.S.C. ? 136(u) in that the product contained a substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest. The label also stated that Fight Back qualified as a minimum risk pesticide and exempt from registration under FIFRA 25(b). The EPA observed that three of the active ingredients of Fight Back, including Rose Geranium Oil, Lemon Eucalyptus, and Litsea, were not permitted for use in minimum risk pesticides per 40 CFR 152.25(f)(1). As Fight Back did not meet the conditions of a minimum risk pesticide, the EPA determined that the product was a pesticide requiring registration.
Pursuant to FIFRA Section 3(a), 7 U.S.C. ? 136a(a), no person