EPA advice on avoiding counterfeit flea-and-tick pesticides for dogs and cats (enforcement, red flags)

US EPA consumer guidance on identifying and avoiding counterfeit flea-and-tick pesticide products for dogs and cats, and the Agency's enforcement against unregistered/counterfeit pet pesticides.

Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)

• EPA is aware of counterfeit pet pesticides designed to look like legitimately registered pesticide products
• EPA may take civil or criminal enforcement action against those who sell, distribute, or import unregistered or counterfeit pet products
• There is no single characteristic that will identify all counterfeit products
• Some dog products are toxic to cats
• EPA encourages consumers to dispose of counterfeit pesticides they may have inadvertently purchased
• EPA registration number is missing
• Lack of directions in English
• Products not packaged in child-resistant packaging