A Mexican retailer that operates two popular grocery chains with stores in Las Vegas has agreed to pay a total of $472,369 in fines for selling a pesticide that federal officials say was falsely marketed as a disinfectant spray, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced this week.
The products were widely distributed and sold by Chedrauui USA, Inc. – which owns grocery store chains El Super and Smart & Final – throughout store locations in Arizona, California, and Nevada under various titles including “S&C Sanitizer”, “S&C Disinfectant”, “Perfect Professional Advanced Multi-Surface Sanitizer” and “Prinex Sanysol.”
“Unregistered disinfectants can not only be ineffective, but can contain dangerous ingredients,” said EPA Pacific Southwest Region Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division Director Amy Miller. “Companies have a responsibility to protect their customers from illegal, potentially harmful disinfectant products, and can do so by making sure they are registered with EPA.”…