FIFRA NORA: 9/11/2025
Notice of Recommendation to Refuse Admission
Consignee: Aquatools SAS
Entry Number: 322-53408862
Product(s): Aquatool Filt?ray Bubl?Air Wash Technology
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 322-53408862 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.
The following information pertains to this shipment:
Entry Number: 322-53408862
Product Name(s): Aquatool Filt?ray Bubl?Air Wash Technology
Shipper/Manufacturer: Aquatools SAS
Consignee: Aquatools SAS
Date of Importation: August 29, 2025
Port of Entry: Port of Louisville, Kentucky (Port Code 4115)
It appears that the product is not in compliance with the Act and is subject to refusal of entry into the United States due to the following violation(s):
? 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) in that the product label appears to include claims that are false or misleading in relation to the efficacy of the product such as ?Effective against Bacteria including Op