Fumigant Receives EPA Registration

Cytec Industries issued a press release to announce that Eco2Fume fumigant gas received full food registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on August 29, 2000. This will allow the fumigant, a premixed cylinderized phosphine and carbon dioxide mixture, to be used by trained and certified applicators for food items. The fumigant gas is expected to replace methyl bromide in flour mills and grain and food processing plants where possible. Eco2Fume is the first methyl bromide alternative to receive full EPA registration.

Cytec Industries instituted a stewardship program and named Fumigation Service and Supply as the coordinator for Eco2Fume users. The stewardship program will train fumigators to use this new phosphine-generating delivery system in commodities and structures. For more information about Eco2Fume and the stewardship program, contact David Mueller at (317) 896-9300.

Last Updated: November 22, 2000