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Fumigation is the application of an insecticide gas to a specific volume. As the gas expands into that volume, it penetrates all cracks, crevices and pores. Depending on your specific needs, the chosen gas will comprehensively control all types of pests present in the treated areas without impacting compromising the environment for humans or food qualities.
Additionally, fumigation gas controls insects in every stage of their life cycle, to include the egg and larval stages. Fumigation is also useful in treating most microbial infections, such as mould and fungus. Effective against all stages of insect development and used to help eradicate a variety of pests, fumigation is particularly effective where global trade is involved, such as in agriculture and warehousing facilities.
Fumigation is a complex pest control method with many variables that need to be considered for the treatment to be carried out safely, legally and effectively. Rentokil Boecker® offers expert commercial fumigation services to support businesses, not only ensuring commercial properties and business assets are kept pest-free, but that services are delivered by competent and licensed field professionals with the required knowledge, skill and experience.
Rentokil Boecker® offers a wide range of fumigation services in a variety of commercial settings, typically:
The International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No.15 (ISPM 15) is an International Phytosanitary Measure developed by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) that “directly addresses the need to treat wood materials of a thickness greater than 6mm, used to ship products between countries.” These guidelines for regulating wood packaging material were designed to protect international trade.
ISPM15 requirements:
The deployment of each fumigant is site specific due to the different properties and behaviour of each gas. Rentokil Boecker® uses two gases for fumigation treatment: Phosphine or sulfuryl fluoride based gases.
Magnesium Phosphide and Aluminium Phosphide are common fumigants used to control stored product insects. Besides treating infested grains, cereals and flours, it is also the preferred fumigant to eliminate insects that infest tobacco leaves in storage such as cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne).
This gas is used for the structural control of SPI and wood boring insect pests. It is ideal for the control of SPIs that are extensively infesting both process machinery and the fabric of the building. Rentokil is the only UK company able to offer this fumigation technique due to our unique commitment with the manufacturer of this gas to safe product stewardship training
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Rentokil Boecker® is part of Rentokil Initial, a global services company operating in over 80 countries with over 90 years of service, and is the largest public health company in the MENAT region.
Our professional team is spread across the region offering guaranteed solutions for all your pest control needs.