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New versatile fumigant
for stored products
P
ost-harvest insect pests that infest
grains, dried fruits and tree nuts in
mills, warehouses and food stor
age facilities cause substantial eco
nomic and quality losses. With the adoption
of the Montreal Protocol, the search for re
placements for methyl bromide began in the
early 1990s.
Beginning in 1995, Dow AgroSciences
formed partnerships with leading stored
product researchers, fumigators and food
industries around the world to evaluate
and develop sulphuryl fluoride as a post-
harvest fumigant. ProFume
®
fumigant has
now been registered by the South African
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries’ Act 36 of 1947 for use by profes
sional and registered fumigators.
This product controls a wide range and
all life stages of stored product pests and
is used on a wide variety of commodities,
including bulk grain, dried fruit, rice, and
nuts. It is suitable for various environments
such as food handling establishments,
mills, silos, warehouses, stationary trans
portation vehicles, temporary and perma
nent fumigation chambers and storage
structures.
Here are some of its many advantages: It
rapidly penetrates porous materials; has
low sorption on fumigated materials; it
rapidly aerates from materials and com
modities; has no effect on quality or taste
of commodities; leaves no residue on fumi
gated surfaces; is non-flammable and non-
corrosive; does not react with materials to
form unpleasant odours; and flexible fu
migation exposure periods are as short as
twelve hours.
The use of the product as an exclusive fu
migant or as part of your phosphine re
sistance management strategy minimises
your downtime and avoids unnecessary
re-fumigation and product rejection costs.
It is highly recommended to adapt your fu
migation programme to include this product
before you discover phosphine-resistant
insects infesting and damaging your high-
quality commodity.
ProFume is used with special Fumiscope
®
monitoring equipment and Fumiguide
TM
software in a system called Precision
Fumigation
TM
. The objective of Precision
Fumigation is ‘optimising fumigant use to
maximise efficiency and minimise risk’.
Fumigators must undergo additional stew
ardship training.
ProFume and equipment is distributed by
Henchem.
®TM
Trademark of Douglas Products.
Fumiscope is a registered trademark of Key Chemical
and Equipment.
Always read and follow label instructions. These ma
terials have been created specifically for ProFume
and no other fumigant. These materials may not be
copied, whole or in part, or reproduced without the
permission of Douglas Products
©
2018.
on farm level
Integrated pest control
Product information
Janet Rowley,
Douglas Products