8/22/06 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,55O, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS: RESPONDENT PRODUCES THE REGISTERED PESTICIDE DEO-GERM, EPA REGISTRATION NO. 7405-51. ON OR ABOUT MAY 9, 2005, THE INDIANA STATE CHEMIST DISCOVERED THAT THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT P-TERTIARY AMYLPHENOL IN DEO-GERM WAS BELOW ACCEPTABLE LIMITS.
ON OR ABOUT JULY 19, 2005, CPC DISCLOSED IN WRITING TO EPA THE VIOLATION OF SELLING AND DISTRIBUTING AN ADULTERATED PESTICIDE.
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(a)(1)(E) OF FIFRA, IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR RESPONDENT TO DISTRIBUTE OR SELL TO ANY PERSON ANY PESTICIDE WHICH IS ADULTERATED OR MISBRANDED.