`Exhibit A
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`MERRICK B. GARLAND
`Attorney General of the United States
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`TRACY L. WILKISON
`United States Attorney
`Central District of California
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`SCOTT M. GARRINGER
`Chief, Criminal Division
`Central District of California
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`MARK A. WILLIAMS
`DENNIS MITCHELL
`ERIK M. SILBER
`Special Attorneys Appointed Under 28 U.S.C. § 515
`1300 United States Courthouse
`312 North Spring Street
`Los Angeles, California 90012
`Telephone: (213) 894-3359/2484/2231
`E-mail:
`mark.a.williams@usdoj.gov
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`dennis.mitchell@usdoj.gov
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`erik.silber@usdoj.gov
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII
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`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
` CR NO.
`Plaintiff,
` N F O R M A T I O N
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`v.
`[7 U.S.C. §§ 136j(a)(2)(G),
`136l(b)(1)(A): Using a Pesticide
`MONSANTO COMPANY,
`in a Manner Inconsistent with its
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`Labeling]
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`[CLASS A MISDEMEANORS]
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`Defendant.
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`The United States Attorney charges:
`COUNTS ONE THROUGH THIRTY
`[7 U.S.C. §§ 136j(a)(2)(G), 136l(b)(1)(A)]
`On or about the dates identified below, in Honolulu County,
`within the District of Hawaii, defendant MONSANTO COMPANY, a
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`Case 1:21-cr-00140-JMS Document 4-1 Filed 12/09/21 Page 2 of 4 PageID #: 29
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`registrant, knowingly used the registered pesticide LPI Glufosinate
`280, with the alternate brand name of Forfeit 280 (“Forfeit 280”), in
`a manner inconsistent with its labeling, specifically, on the dates
`identified in the table below, MONSANTO COMPANY sprayed Forfeit 280
`on its field corn fields and thereafter MONSANTO COMPANY workers
`entered the fields less than six days later to engage in field corn
`scouting contrary to the restricted-entry interval (or “REI”) on the
`label:
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`Count
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`Date Corn
`Scouting
`Occurred
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`June 8, 2020
`June 8, 2020
`June 8, 2020
`June 8, 2020
`June 8, 2020
`June 8, 2020
`June 8, 2020
`June 8, 2020
`June 8, 2020
`June 8, 2020
`June 8, 2020
`June 8, 2020
`June 15, 2020
`June 15, 2020
`June 19, 2020
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`Date Sprayed
`Forfeit 280
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`Field Sprayed
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`Haleiwa Field 20K01A04G
`June 4, 2020
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`Haleiwa Field 20K04A01G
`June 4, 2020
`TWO
`Haleiwa Field 20K08C04G
`June 4, 2020
`THREE
`Haleiwa Field 20K06B03G
`June 4, 2020
`FOUR
`Haleiwa Field 20K04A38L
`June 4, 2020
`FIVE
`Haleiwa Field 20K03A25G
`June 5, 2020
`SIX
`Haleiwa Field 20K05B09L
`June 5, 2020
`SEVEN
`Haleiwa Field 20K07B02G
`June 5, 2020
`EIGHT
`Haleiwa Field 20K07C19L
`June 5, 2020
`NINE
`Haleiwa Field 20K07C01G
`June 5, 2020
`TEN
`Haleiwa Field 20K07D01G
`June 5, 2020
`ELEVEN
`Haleiwa Field 20K03A32G
`June 6, 2020
`TWELVE
`Haleiwa Field 20O06A03G
`THIRTEEN June 9, 2020
`Haleiwa Field 20K13B01L
`FOURTEEN June 9, 2020
`FIFTEEN
`June 17, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`5F01-12-R-L-20_PF
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`Case 1:21-cr-00140-JMS Document 4-1 Filed 12/09/21 Page 3 of 4 PageID #: 30
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`SIXTEEN
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`June 17, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`5F01-12-R-L-20_PF
`SEVENTEEN June 17, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`5F02-13-R-L-20_PF
`EIGHTEEN June 17, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`5F02-13-R-L-20_PF
`NINETEEN June 17, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`5F03-14-R-L-20_PF
`June 17, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`5F03-14-R-L-20_PF
`June 17, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`5F04-15-RHS-L-20_PF
`June 17, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`5F04-15-RHS-L-20_PF
`June 17, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`5H01-24-RHS-L-20_PF
`June 17, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`5H01-24-RHS-L-20_PF
`June 23, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`7A01-25-R-L-20_PF
`June 23, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`7A01-25-R-L-20_PF
`June 23, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`7A02-26-RHS-L-D-20_PF
`June 23, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`7A02-26-RHS-L-D-20_PF
`June 23, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
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`TWENTY
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`TWENTY
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`TWENTY
`EIGHT
`TWENTY
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`June 22, 2020
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`June 19, 2020
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`June 22, 2020
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`June 19, 2020
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`June 22, 2020
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`June 19, 2020
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`June 22, 2020
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`June 19, 2020
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`June 22, 2020
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`June 24, 2020
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`June 26, 2020
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`June 24, 2020
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`June 26, 2020
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`June 24, 2020
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`Case 1:21-cr-00140-JMS Document 4-1 Filed 12/09/21 Page 4 of 4 PageID #: 31
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`NINE
`THIRTY
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`7B01-27-RHS-L-D-20_PF
`June 23, 2020 Lower Kunia Field
`7B01-27-RHS-L-D-20_PF
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`June 26, 2020
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`MERRICK B. GARLAND
`Attorney General of the United States
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`TRACY L. WILKISON
`United States Attorney
`Central District of California
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`SCOTT M. GARRINGER
`Assistant United States Attorney
`Chief, Criminal Division
`Central District of California
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`MARK A. WILLIAMS
`DENNIS MITCHELL
`ERIK M. SILBER
`Special Attorneys Appointed Under 28
`U.S.C. § 515
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`United States v. Monsanto Company
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