Solution of choice for the eco-conscious
For centuries, people have struggled with the need to eliminate pests in harvested food without compromising human health or the environment. Typically, agricultural distributors have relied on radiation, chemicals or gases such as methyl bromide to comply with statutory fumigation requirements.
However, these processes present various environmental and health challenges. Methyl bromide, for instance, has been outlawed in many countries due to its high ozone depleting potential.
What is eFUME® ?
eFUME® a safe, non-residual way to protect your post-harvest produce, packaged and stored foods and processing equipment. The active ingredient is Ethyl Formate – a naturally occurring, non-residual substance with zero ozone depleting potential.
Ethyl Formate is generally regarded as safe (GRAS) by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It has low mammalian toxicity but rapidly kills insect pests. It is approved in a number of countries for control of insect pests of post-harvest commodity.
eFUME® has been developed for a broad range of applications from post-harvest fumigation household pests to equipment disinfestation. It is suited to a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, cut flowers, and the list of regulatory approvals is expanding rapidly.
You can rely on eFUME® for rapid and effective control of post-harvest insect pests (1 to 24 hours).
eFUME® Advantages
Broad spectrum fumigant
Effective against stored insects, fresh fruit insects, rodents, mites, domestic household insects.
Minimal environmental impact
Negligible greenhouse gas effect as well as non-ozone depleting.
Exceptional efficacy
Proven efficacy against all life stages of stored product insects and rodents.
Cost effective
Highly cost effective treatment with considerable cost savings not just in product – but also in time.
eFUME® Benefits
- Environmentally friendly, fast-acting alternative to methyl bromide
- Effective on a wide range of insects
- Approved for a broad selection of pest of fruit, vegetables, dried fruits, nuts and grains
- Faster shipping
- No withholding period
- Efficiency gains thanks to dedicated, innovative dispensing solution
- The active ingredient and its break down compounds are naturally occurring substances
- eFUME® eliminates the use of harmful, residual pesticides after fruits and vegetable harvest
- Favourable toxicological profile –TLV 100ppm for 8 hours vs 0.3 ppm phosphine, 5 ppm methyl bromide
- No Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) for cereal grains and fresh food commodities is applicable when used as recommended
eFUME® Application
Intreso has developed and built a fast-acting vaporiser in response to the industry demand for a faster application of eFUME®.
The eFUME® vaporiser is a specifically designed heat exchange system developed for the vaporisation of eFUME® from its pre-mixed liquid form in the cylinder to its gaseous form.
Focussed on the ongoing development and improvement of equipment and processes, Intreso endeavours to ensure seamless application in a timely manner.
We combine our innovative eFUME® solution with professional expertise, services and reliable safety support to ensure you enjoy the best possible results.
| Target commodity | Target pests | Dose rate and treatment time |
|---|---|---|
| Cereal grains, oilseeds, dried fruits, dates, tobacco Grain storage premises and equipment | 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧: 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘳 (𝘙𝘩𝘺𝘻𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢), 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘦 (𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘮), 𝘗𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘴 (𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴), 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘴 (𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘱., 𝘗𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘱.), 𝘚𝘢𝘸-𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘦 (𝘖𝘳𝘺𝘻𝘢𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘱.), 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘦 (𝘊𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘱.) 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘴, 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧: 𝘊𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘦 (𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦), 𝘕𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴; 𝘊. 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴); 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 (𝘚𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘻𝘢𝘦) | 660g/m³ (6 hours exposure) or 420g/m³ (24 hours exposure) |
| Banana | 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 (𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘱.), 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘣𝘶𝘨𝘴 (𝘋𝘺𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘱.) 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 (𝘈𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘱.), 𝘊𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 - 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 | 420 g/m³ (6 hours exposure) |
| Capsicum or sweet pepper | 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 (𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴) | 70 g/m³ (2 hours exposure) |
| Apple | 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘣𝘶𝘨𝘴 - 𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪, 𝘖𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 - 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘪, 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 - 𝘏𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘦 | 160 g/m³ for 1 hour |
| Pineapple | 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 (𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴), 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘣𝘶𝘨𝘴 (𝘋𝘺𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴) 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 (𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘦) | 420 g/m³ (2 hours exposure) |
| Kiwifruit (Excluding Gold Kiwifruit) | 𝘖𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 (𝘈𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘪), 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘣𝘶𝘨𝘴 (𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴) | 140 g/m³ (6 hours exposure) |
| Table grapes, Blueberry and Persimmon | 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩 (𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘢), 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 (𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘪), 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦 (𝘛𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘦) 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘨 (𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴), 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 (𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴), 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 (𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴) | 240g/m³ (4 hours) 120 g/m³ (3 hours) |
| Citrus | 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩 (𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘢), 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 (𝘈𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴), 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 (𝘈𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘪), 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 (𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘛𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘣𝘶𝘨 (𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴), 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘣𝘶𝘨 (𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘳𝘪) | 370 g/m³ for 6 hours 330 g/m³ for 3 hours |
| Fresh sweet corn | 𝘊𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘢 (𝘏ü𝘣𝘯𝘦𝘳) 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘢 (𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘯), 𝘛𝘸𝘰-𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘦 (𝘒𝘰𝘤𝘩), 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 (𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦), 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴 (𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭), 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘥 𝘔𝘺𝘻𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘦 (𝘚𝘶𝘭𝘻𝘦𝘳), 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘥 𝘙𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘴 (𝘍𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩) | 270 g/m³ for 4 hours |
| Bed bugs | 𝘉𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘨𝘴- 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘨𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘹 𝘴𝘱 | 510 g/m³ for 4 hours |