EPA Fines a Company that Makes a $325,000 Pesticide on the Market as Coronavirus Disinfectant

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Two affiliates receiving a penalty would pay over $300,000 a fine to claim that registered pesticides could be used to prevent germs and viruses including the one that caused covid-19, said federal officials Wednesday.

Zoono microbe shield has been sold all over the world to prevent and combat the spread of covid-19 in places such as the united airlines aircraft cabin and the amazon warehouse. Officials of the U.S. environment protection agency, however, said Wednesday that the plant has given "a false and misleading statement about its effectiveness and application of it" as disinfectant at coronavirus.

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The EPA has fined the company Zoono USA and Zoono Holdings where the sanctions that have been agreed upon by each company will pay a fine of $205,000 and $120,000. Both are subsidiaries of the parent company located in New Zealand.

'We are committed to guarding against companies taking advantage of the fact that COVID-19 continues to pose a risk and to ensure consumer confidence and protect people’s health', EPA Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia said in a statement.

But, Zoono USA, based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, did not have an immediate response to the agreement.

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Based on registration with the EPA, the Zoono Microbe Shield can only tell its lab that it can combat "allergy-causing bacteria and discoloration, fungi (mildew and mold) and algae as static substances", according to the agreement.

But on packaging, marketing print, websites, social media and other advertisements Zoono Microbe Shield says that their product is a "surface cleaner that kills germs for 30 days", including coronavirus.

One company that uses the product as a coronavirus disinfectant is United Airlines. Executive members said in September 2020 that workers were starting to occupy upholstered seats, tray tables, armrests, overhead bins, toilets, and station crews with the disinfectant product each week for more than 30 aircraft.

Another report said the product was used to try to sterilize bus terminals and hospital rooms in the UK, along with hundreds of Amazon distribution centres, according to press reports. Other reports also said the disinfectant products were used by Coca-Cola, McDonald's and cinema chains.

•Published Scoot Fallon Northjersey.com 3:56 pm ET sept.23,2022 | Updated 6:00 am ET sept.24,2022