Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson says his workplace (FDACS) has shut down an unlawful door-to-door pest management gross sales operation focusing on Florida residents, imposing a $36,000 nice and banning any future gross sales or pest management exercise within the state. Enforcement actions by FDACS resulted in a $36,000 nice towards Mira Dwelling LLC and banned Grit Advertising LLC from any pest management exercise or gross sales in Florida after they illegally solicited greater than 600 pest management contracts.
Florida regulation prohibits pest management corporations from utilizing impartial contractors to carry out pest management actions, making certain correct supervision, coaching, gear, merchandise, and insurance coverage are offered by the pest management firm. Florida regulation additionally requires anybody soliciting or performing pest management companies door-to-door to own a sound Pest Management Identification Card issued by FDACS, to make sure they’re correctly skilled to solicit, examine, or carry out pest management.
“Considered one of my high obligations as Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture is defending Florida’s shoppers, and that features cracking down on unlawful door-to-door gross sales operations and people working exterior the regulation,” stated Commissioner Wilton Simpson. “I encourage all Floridians to be cautious of high-pressure, door-to-door gross sales techniques, to confirm {that a} pest management firm and its staff are correctly licensed earlier than signing any contract, and to report any suspicious exercise to FDACS.”
FDACS’ Administrative Complaints towards Mira Dwelling LLC and Grit Advertising LLC confirmed that greater than 30 Grit Advertising staff carried out unlicensed pest management actions in Florida. Between March 3, 2025, and March 11, 2025, Grit Advertising staff carried out door-to-door gross sales and solicited over 600 pest management contracts on behalf of Mira Dwelling, a licensed Florida pest management firm. Additional, FDACS’ Administrative Complaints confirmed that Mira Dwelling obtained Pest Management Identification Playing cards for people who weren’t staff of Mira Dwelling, however impartial contractors by way of Grit Advertising, a violation of Florida regulation.
