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POSTED: 05:15 p.m. EDT, Apr 23, 2008
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accusing Ohio's Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. of using bogus pesticide-registration numbers on some of its lawn and garden products.
The company was ordered today to stop selling the products, which contain herbicides that have not been registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Companies are required to register pesticides with the EPA. The use of unregistered numbers is believed to be unprecedented, said Mary A. Gade, administrator of EPA Region 5, which issued the order.
''We have sufficient evidence to believe these products were never registered and were misbranded,'' Gade said.
''We consider this a very egregious violation,'' she said. People have come to rely on Scotts products, and ''to have them with bogus registration numbers is disconcerting.''
The recall affects one herbicide sold in stores under two brand names, Garden Weed Preventer + Plant Food and Miracle-Gro Shake 'n Feed All Purpose Plant Food Plus Weed Preventer. It also affects an herbicide in a combination fertilizer-weed control product used by its lawn care company, Scotts Lawn Service.
In a news release, the agency said it's not known whether the products pose any risks.
The consumer products are labeled as containing the active ingredient trifluralin,
and the lawn care service products as containing prodiamine. However, the EPA doesn't know whether those are really the ingredients, Gade said.
''We cannot be certain what's in those packages,'' she said.
EPA and the Ohio Department of Agriculture are conducting a laboratory analysis of the products.
Scotts, headquartered in Marysville, agreed to recall the products and set up a process for customers to return them. The products are sold nationwide. A Scotts Miracle-Gro spokesman could not be reached immediately for comment.
Consumers can call a hot line, 888-838-1304, for more information about the recall. It operates from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accusing Ohio's Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. of using bogus pesticide-registration numbers on some of its lawn and garden products.
The company was ordered today to stop selling the products, which contain herbicides that have not been registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Companies are required to register pesticides with the EPA. The use of unregistered numbers is believed to be unprecedented, said Mary A. Gade, administrator of EPA Region 5, which issued the order.
''We have sufficient evidence to believe these products were never registered and were misbranded,'' Gade said.
''We consider this a very egregious violation,'' she said. People have come to rely on Scotts products, and ''to have them with bogus registration numbers is disconcerting.''
The recall affects one herbicide sold in stores under two brand names, Garden Weed Preventer + Plant Food and Miracle-Gro Shake 'n Feed All Purpose Plant Food Plus Weed Preventer. It also affects an herbicide in a combination fertilizer-weed control product used by its lawn care company, Scotts Lawn Service.
In a news release, the agency said it's not known whether the products pose any risks.
The consumer products are labeled as containing the active ingredient trifluralin,
and the lawn care service products as containing prodiamine. However, the EPA doesn't know whether those are really the ingredients, Gade said.
''We cannot be certain what's in those packages,'' she said.
EPA and the Ohio Department of Agriculture are conducting a laboratory analysis of the products.
Scotts, headquartered in Marysville, agreed to recall the products and set up a process for customers to return them. The products are sold nationwide. A Scotts Miracle-Gro spokesman could not be reached immediately for comment.
Consumers can call a hot line, 888-838-1304, for more information about the recall. It operates from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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