MAY 6, 2025 - CONSENT AGREEMENT
On or around August 14, 2024, Geodis USA, Inc. (Geodis), the licensed customs broker for Valent, filed an electronic alternative to the NOA using CBP's ACE Data Processing System for importation of a shipment of the pesticide product Ethaboxam Technical (EPA Reg. No. 59639-185). The shipment arrived at the Port of Savannah, Georgia under Entry Number 113- 33068052 on or around August 9, 2024, and included 160 drums of Ethaboxam Technical with each drum weighing 50 kilograms.
EPA requested that the importer, Valent, via their broker, Geodis, ensure that all entry documentation, including labels or labeling on the pesticide, is uploaded to CBP's Document Image System (DIS) for EPA's review of the NOA.
Geodis uploaded the documentation to DIS for review. After reviewing the documents, EPA requested that Valent review the label and any labeling (e.g. manuals, booklets, inserts) that had been uploaded to DIS to ensure that they are true and complete copies of what is affixed to and/or accompanying the pesticide product.
Valent confirmed via email that the label and labeling provided were true and complete copies of what was affixed to and/or had accompanied the pesticide product. In this email, Valent also noted that the drums in the shipment of Ethaboxam Technical were labeled with an older version of EPA-approved label which did not include revised storage and disposal language.
Additionally, Valent advised EPA that a second shipm