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ANALAB LABORATORIES

Administrative - Formal · FY2005 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 134074

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Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
01-2005-4001
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

ANALAB MANUFACTURES AND DISTRIBUTES CLEANING SUPPLIES. ITS EPA-APPROVED LABELS FOR TWO PRODUCTS, CITRON AND PENTA PINE, INDICATED THEY WERE EFFFECTIVE AT PARTICULAR CONCENTRATIONS OF PSEUDOMOAS AERUGINOSA-BACTERIA IMPLICATED IN SOME NONSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS. EPA TESTNG SHOWED THAT SAMPLES OF CITRON AND PENTA PINE WERE NOT EFFECTIVE IN THOSE CONCENTRATIONS. THUS, THE PRODUCTS WERE MISBRANDED, CAUSING THE POTENTIAL OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS DESPITE EFFORTS BY THE PURCHASER OF THE PRODUCT. AFTER BEING INFORMED OF THE TESTING, ANALAB WITHDREW THOSE PRODUCTS FROM THE MARKET. THIS ACTION IS TO SEEK PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, TO DETER ANALAB OR OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED FROM SELLING PRODUCTS WHICH WERE NOT EFFECTIVE AT THE CONCENTRATIONS SHOWN ON THE LABELS.

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EPA ECHO
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