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Sonic Power LLC

Administrative - Formal · FY2025 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 3604490210

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Case

Case Number
04-2025-3518
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

FIFRA NOW: 8/13/2025 Sonic Power, LLC Notice of Warning for Violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Case File No. FIFRA-04-2025-3518 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulates the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticide products pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA or the Act), as amended, 7 U.S.C. ?? 136 et seq. The EPA is issuing this Notice of Warning (NOW) to Sonic Power, LLC (hereinafter Sonic Power), pursuant to Section 14(a)(4) of FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136l(a)(4), which provides the EPA with the authority to issue a NOW. As explained below, the EPA finds that Sonic Power violated FIFRA Section 12(a)(1)(F) by distributing or selling misbranded devices. On May 6, 2025, the EPA reviewed the Sonic Power website https://sonicpower.co/. When looking at the website page for the Electric Toilet Brush (https://sonicpower.co/products/humidifier/), the EPA observed an ?Add to cart? button and a ?Check Out? button. The website states that the Electric Toilet Brush contains a ?UVC cleaning light? and is ?self-cleaning?. The Electric Toilet Brush UV feature is further described as a ?disinfecting light? and offering ?99.9% disinfection.? Based on these claims, the Electric Toilet Brush is a pesticide device as defined under FIFRA Section 2(h), 7 U.S.C. ? 136(h) in that the product is an instrument intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating

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