Re: another scotts link

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

Here's Scotts' response. Company says mislabeling was an inside job:

  The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Announces Series of Product 
Registration and Regulatory Compliance Initiatives

  Company To Recall Bonus S Max and Turf Builder Plus 2 Max Lawn Fertilizer
                                   Products

     MARYSVILLE, Ohio, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Scotts
Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG), the world's largest marketer of branded
consumer lawn and garden products, said today it is immediately initiating
a series of proactive steps aimed at strengthening its product registration
practices and procedures with state and federal regulatory agencies.

     Separately, the Company announced that as part of these actions it was
working in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(USEPA) with respect to the terms of a recall of Bonus S Max and Turf
Builder Plus 2 Max lawn fertilizer products from retail customers and
consumers.

     Turf Builder Plus 2 Max is a product that the company briefly tested
but which is no longer producing or distributing. Turf Builder Plus 2 Max
is not related to the Company's well-known Turf Builder Plus 2 product.

     Bonus S Max is a product developed for use only on St. Augustine grass,
which is grown in the southeastern United States.

     Although the USEPA has issued registrations for these products, the
packaging includes labels that differ from the labels included in the USEPA
registrations.

     "Over the last several days, we learned that one of our former
employees deliberately circumvented company policies, caused invalid
product registration forms to be submitted to federal and state regulators
and then hid those actions from co-workers and managers," said Jim
Hagedorn, chairman and chief executive officer. "We sincerely apologize to
the EPA, our retail partners, our consumers and our shareholders. As I
stated yesterday, compliance with government regulation is not optional,
and we are taking aggressive steps to better understand how this action
occurred and to seek to avoid any reoccurrences."

     To that end, Hagedorn said the Company has terminated the employee in
question and has made the decision to engage an independent consulting firm
to review its regulatory compliance processes and procedures. Assisting in
this effort will be the company's Chief Environmental Officer, Richard
Shank, Ph.D, who joined the company earlier this year. Dr. Shank is former
director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, as well as former
director of the Nature Conservancy in Ohio.

     On April 10, 2008, the Company learned of a criminal investigation
which the Company believes is being led by the U.S. Department of Justice
and the USEPA. The Company stressed that it has been cooperating with the
government since it learned of the investigation and will continue to do
so.

     "This year marks our 140th anniversary and our relationship with our
stakeholders has always been based on trust," Hagedorn said. "We cannot and
will not allow that trust to be compromised and we will continue to work
with the government on their investigation."

     Details regarding how the consumer recall will be administered are
still being finalized and will posted at http://www.scotts.com in the 
days ahead.
Consumers are advised not to use this product and to store it in a safe,
cool and dry place such as a garage or utility shed. Do not dispose of the
product down a drain, garbage or at a community disposal site. If consumers
have questions in the meantime, they should call the Company's toll-free
consumer hotline at 1- 888-295-0671.

     These products represent less than one percent of the Company's total
sales.

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