“With agreements like these, EPA is ensuring that consumers can safely trust the claims made by EPA-registered pesticides, while encouraging regulated entities to comply with fundamental environmental laws that protect human health.” public,” Lisa F. Garcia, a regional administrator for the EPA, said in the statement.
Zoono USA was fined $205,000 and Zoono Holdings $120,000. They share an address in Shrewsbury, NJ, and are subsidiaries of a New Zealand company, Zoono Group Ltd.
Wayne Herriott, a spokesman for Zoono Holdings, said Thursday that the company purchased the distribution rights to Zoono’s products in the United States in late 2021 from Zoono USA and that the company was “not aware at the time that the dealer made misleading claims.” or sub-distributors.”
“Zoono Holdings takes regulatory responsibilities very seriously and as soon as Zoono Holdings received notification from the EPA that advertising claims in the marketplace were being investigated, Zoono Holdings stopped all sales in the marketplace and worked diligently to eliminate any misleading market claim,” Mr. Herriott said in an email. “Zoono Holdings strongly believes in the efficacy of our products and has a zero tolerance approach to regulatory non-compliance and continues to monitor this closely.”