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“WASHINGTON, September 10, 2012 - A federal district
court in Columbus, Ohio, sentenced the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, a producer
of pesticides for commercial and consumer lawn and garden uses, to pay a $4
million fine and perform community service for eleven criminal violations of
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), which governs
the manufacture, distribution, and sale of pesticides.
“As the world’s largest marketer of residential use pesticides, Scotts has a special obligation to make certain that it observes the laws governing the sale and use of its products. For having failed to do so, Scotts has been sentenced to pay the largest fine in the history of FIFRA enforcement," said Ignacia S. Moreno, assistant attorney general for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice.
The federal judge finalized the company’s misdemeanor plea involving the federal regulations that govern the registration of Scotts products on Friday. The company also finalized a separate civil administrative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According to a letter from ScottsMiracle-Gro Chairman and CEO Jim Hagedorn, they reached the agreement after an investigation that lasted over four years with the company’s full cooperation.
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“As the world’s largest marketer of residential use pesticides, Scotts has a special obligation to make certain that it observes the laws governing the sale and use of its products. For having failed to do so, Scotts has been sentenced to pay the largest fine in the history of FIFRA enforcement," said Ignacia S. Moreno, assistant attorney general for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice.
The federal judge finalized the company’s misdemeanor plea involving the federal regulations that govern the registration of Scotts products on Friday. The company also finalized a separate civil administrative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According to a letter from ScottsMiracle-Gro Chairman and CEO Jim Hagedorn, they reached the agreement after an investigation that lasted over four years with the company’s full cooperation.
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