By this memorandum, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is notifying the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that it is the opinion of the EPA that one or more of the pesticidal products in the shipment AEK-78408539 described below, is in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA, or the Act), as amended, 7 U.S.C. ? 136o(c), and should be refused entry into the United States pursuant to the authority of Section 17(c) of FIFRA as more fully detailed below.
The following information pertains to this shipment:
Entry Number: AEK-78408539
Product Name(s): Goliath Gel
Shipper/Manufacturer: BASF
Consignee: Cafe Istanbul of Dublin LLC
Date of Importation: September 24, 2025
Port of Entry: Port of Cincinnati, Ohio - 4102
It appears that the product is not in compliance with the Act and is subject to refusal of entry into the United States due to the following violation(s):
? FIFRA ? 12(a)(1)(A): To sell or distribute to any person any pesticide that is not registered under Section 3 or whose registration has been cancelled or suspended, except to the
extent that distribution or sale otherwise has been authorized by the Administrator under FIFRA.