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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Best Buy Co.
Current Parent Company: Best Buy
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Penalty: $199,821
Year: 2022
Date: April 21, 2022
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: The EPA announced a settlement with Best Buy Co., Inc. for selling Pure Mobile Sanitizing Tech Wipes, an unregistered and misbranded product making disinfectant claims in violation of federal law.Best Buy agreed to pay a $199,821 civil penalty and has revised its environmental management systems to mitigate the recurrence of such violations.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
Facility City: Union City
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Minnesota
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-consumer electronics
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