EPA ISSUES AMENDED STOP SALE ORDER TO UCB CHEMICALS OF SMYRNA, GEORGIA FOR MISLABELED FUNGICIDE.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 1995--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ), Region 4, Atlanta, Georgia announced today that an amended Stop Sale, Use and Removal Order has been issued to UCB UCB - University of California at Berkeley Chemicals Corporation of Smyrna, Georgia. The Order prohibits UCB from selling the fungicide, Ziram Granuflo, unless the product has an EPA-approved label with worker protection standards and use instructions. The Order also allows UCB to relabel Ziram Granuflo, held in warehouses in Charlotte, North Carolina “Charlotte” redirects here. For other uses, see Charlotte (disambiguation). Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the 20th largest city in the United States. and Fresno, California, with a label EPA approved conditionally on April 10, 1995. In March 1995, the California Department of Pesticide Registration (DPR DPR Department (al) Performance Report DPR Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica (Italian Republic presidential decree) DPR Department of Pesticide Regulation (California) ) informed EPA that Ziram Granuflo was being distributed without acceptable labeling requirements. EPA, Region 4 issued a Stop Sale Order to UCB on April 10, 1995, which ordered UCB to cease sale of all Ziram Granuflo and to submit a plan for a voluntary recall of the product. EPA, Region 9 in San Francisco, issued a Stop Sale Order to known dealers of Ziram Granuflo a few days later. Based upon information supplied by UCB and by the California DPR, EPA determined that some Ziram Granuflo on the market possessed labeling with the information that EPA had approved conditionally in April of this year. EPA, Region 9 amended its Stop Sale Order on May 2, 1995 to allow dealers to sell the Ziram with the EPA-approved label. EPA, Region 4 issued its amended Order on May 4, 1995, to UCB to likewise allow the sale of Ziram with labels that contain worker protection standards and use instructions for the product. EPA Region 4's amended Stop Sale Order also allows UCB to relabel Ziram Granuflo being held in two warehouses: 9,878 boxes in the Inland Star warehouse in Fresno, California and 3,648 boxes held at the USCO USCO Unsafe School Choice Option warehouse in Charlotte, North Carolina. EPA is reviewing UCB's plan to recall the remainder of the mislabeled mis·la·bel tr.v. mis·la·beled also mis·la·belled, mis·la·bel·ing also mis·la·bel·ling, mis·la·bels also mis·la·bels To label inaccurately. Adj. 1. Ziram Granuflo nationwide. CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Charlis Thompson, 404/347-3004, ext. 6756 Alan Dion, 404/347-2641, ext. 2131 |
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