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EPA releases list of products pulled from Marukai store shelves

The Environmental Protection Agency released a list of cleaning products and pesticides pulled from Marukai store shelves three years ago because they were unregistered and improperly labeled.

Marukai Corp. was fined $222,030 for not registering the products as required by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. Marukai removed all the products from its shelves in 2008 after receiving notice of the violations from the EPA.

Most of the packaging for products contained only Japanese characters. The product names translated into English are as follows:

Kitchen Detergent Pink
Kitchen Detergent Jokin My Fresh
Kao Family Pure
House Cleaner Super Orange Plus Jokin Power
Kao Toilet Magicrin
Kitchen Detergent
Lion Kireikirei Garbase Spray
Lion Kireikirei Antibacteria Spray
Kosee Dishwashing Detergent
Kosee Nu(r)sing Bottle Detergent
Kosee Kitchen Detergent
Lion Dishwashing Soap
Yo Twinkle Toilet Cleaner
Kincho Detergent for Toilet
Liquid Soap “Flooring Cleaner”
Kao Kantan My Pet Spray Multi-Purpose Detergent
Kao My Pet Liquid Detergent
Kitchen Detergent
Kincho Mizumawari Twinkle Kitchen Cleaner
Lion Kirei Mist for Kitchen Slime Remover
Orange Oil C-1387
Kao Magicrin Detergent
Kao Tsukeoki Magicrin Detergent
Lion Microwave Kitchen Spray
Kao Kitchen Quickel Refill
Orange Oil C-1368
Kobayashi Toilet Cleaner
Lion Pipe Man-Gel pipe cleaner
Yanget for Kitchen
Wet Tissue
Kao Quickle Toilet Cleaning Sheet
Kao Toilet Quickle Paper Cleaner
Bite Bye Insect Repellent Soap
Cleaner for Washing Machine Sentakuso Cleaner
FCC C-1146
FCC C-1104
Caretex Tsumekae Refill of Freshner
Gokiburi Cockroach Catcher
Kincho Cockroach Trap / Catcher

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