This will allow this phosphine and carbon dioxide based fumigant to be used by trained and certified applicators for food items . 2 FUME received EPA non-food registration in December 1999. 2 FUME is the first methyl bromide alternative that EPA has registered. Bill Thomas of the Methyl Bromide Alternatives office for EPA was very excited to hear that this product received full registration. This opens the door for the phosphine and carbon dioxide based fumigant to replace methyl bromide in flour mills, grain, and food processing plants where possible.
Registrations are pending in several other countries.
Cytec Industries, Inc. is the registrant for ECO 2 FUME Brian McSwigan is the Global Business Director for this product. This stewardship program will train fumigators to use this new and somewhat different phosphine generating delivery system in commodities and structures. ECO 2 FUME is a fumigation management system. It can be better managed for worker safety and effectiveness . It is an alternative to methyl bromide .