Two New Jersey companies fined for selling pesticides as COVID-19 killers

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Regulators have fined two New Jersey companies a total of $325,000 over false claims that a pesticide spray can prevent COVID-19.

a settlement with two companies that make Zoono Microbe Shield, a pesticide spray. The spray was sold with"false and misleading claims" and with statements that"substantially differed" from those the companies gave the EPA, the agency said.

Consumers likely bought the spray"with the false expectations that it could be used as a sanitizer or disinfectant to prevent SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19," according to the agency. According to the EPA, the product is effective against odor-causing or staining bacteria, fungi and algae, but cannot be labeled as a disinfectant or sanitizer, nor include any public health claims.Zoono did not immediately comment on the settlement. A spokesman for Zoono Holdingsthe New York Times that it bought distribution rights for the product late last year from Zoono USA and was"unaware at that time of any misleading claims being made by the distributor.

Zoono Microbe Shield was sold across many websites, including Amazon, the EPA said. In 2020, United Airlines said it was using the spray to add"" to aircraft as the airline tried to persuade the public it was safe to fly. The antibacterial maker received a major boost from the COVID-19 pandemic, which"effectively launched Zoono as a global brand," the company said in its 2021 annualThe EPA has previously penalized other companies falsely claiming that their products offer COVID-19 protection, as well as

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