FIFRA NOW:
Textile Rubber and Chemical Company
Notice of Warning for Violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Case File No. FIFRA-04-2025-3533
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 Textile Rubber and Chemical Company (hereinafter Textile Rubber), 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 Textile Rubber violated FIFRA Section 12(a)(1)(E) by distributing or selling misbranded pesticides.
Summary of Facts
On March 27, 2024, an authorized representative of the EPA conducted an inspection at Textile Rubber. During the inspection, the inspector took photographs of Dustmite & Flea Control (EPA Reg. No. 67419-1) packaged and ready for shipment and collected five sale and distribution records documenting the sale or distribution on January 3, 2024, March 11, 2024, October 30, 2023, October 26, 2023, December 19, 2023. The inspector collected the current label for DustmiteX (EPA Reg. No. 67419-4) used on products that are distributed from this facility and five sale and distribution records documenting the sale or distribution on January 12, 2024, Oc