Two New Jersey-based companies have agreed to pay a total of $325,000 in fines for selling a pesticide that federal officials say was falsely marketed as a disinfectant spray that could help eliminate the coronavirus, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The product, Zoono Microbe Shield, from Zoono USA and Zoono Holdings, was sold online through Amazon and other websites and to community centers and was even purchased by United Airlines during the height of the pandemic to disinfect cabins, the E.P.A. said Wednesday in a statement announcing the settlement.
The E.P.A. said that while reviewing Zoono Microbe Shield’s label, the agency discovered that it was sold with claims about public health that “substantially differed” from what was registered with the agency, which is illegal, and that the claims were “false” and “misleading.”
“With settlements like these, E.P.A. is making sure that consumers can safely rely on the claims made for pesticides registered by the E.P.A., while also encouraging regulated entities to come into compliance with critical environmental laws that protect public health,” Lisa F. Garcia, a regional administrator with the E.P.A., said in the statement.
Zoono USA was fined $205,000 and Zoono Holdings $120,000. They share an address in Shrewsbury, N.J., and are subsidiaries of a under New Zealand company, Zoono Group Ltd.
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