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DENVER — Regulators say Crocs Inc. has agreed to stop saying its brightly colored, lightweight clogs are antimicrobial and to pay $230,000 to resolve cases involving those claims.
Federal law considers products that kill or repel bacteria or germs to be pesticides, and those products have to be registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before a company can claim that they control germs.
The EPA said Thursday that Crocs, based in Niwot, Colo., agreed to stop saying its shoes are antimicrobial and cooperated with EPA staff.
A company representative didn't immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment Thursday.
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