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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 40285-2
  • U.S. EPA Status: CANCELLED

Description

'Degesch Phostoxin Pellets-prepac' is an insecticide and miticide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 40285-2. It was originally approved by EPA on 13 Apr 1978. Its registration got cancelled on 30 Sep 1991. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Aluminum phosphide. It's approved for 208 sites including airtight flat storages, airtight storage warehouses, airtight storages, almonds, animal feed, assorted chocolate, bakery mixes, barges, barley, and brazil nut. It is also approved for 32 pests and pest groups including but not limited to almond moth, angoumois grain moth, bean weevil, bees, cadelle, cereal leaf beetle, cigarette beetle, confused flour beetle, dermestid beetles, and driedfruit beetle.

Original registration date:

  • 13 Apr 1978

Cancellation date:

  • 30 Sep 1991

Alternative names:

  • DEGESCH PHOSTOXIN PELLETS-PREPACActive

Registrant:

  • DEGESCH AMERICA, INC.
  • Address:
    153 Triangle Drive
    Weyers Cave, VA 24486

Active ingredients:

  • Aluminum phosphide 55%
  • Other ingredients 45%

Signal word:

  • Danger

Product type:

  • Insecticide
  • Miticide

Formulation:

  • Pelleted/Tableted

Registered target pests:

  • Almond moth
  • Angoumois grain moth
  • Bean weevil
  • Bees
  • Cadelle
  • Cereal leaf beetle
  • Cigarette beetle
  • Confused flour beetle
  • Dermestid beetles
  • Driedfruit beetle
  • Driedfruit moth
  • European grain moth
  • Flat grain beetle
  • Fruit flies
  • Granary weevil
  • Greater wax moth
  • Hairy fungus beetle
  • Hessian fly
  • Indian meal moth
  • Khapra beetle
  • Lesser grain borer
  • Maize weevil
  • Mediterranean flour moth
  • Pink bollworm
  • Raisin moth
  • Red flour beetle
  • Rice weevil
  • Rusty grain beetle
  • Sawtoothed grain beetle
  • Spider beetles
  • Tobacco moth
  • Yellow mealworm

Registered target sites:

  • Airtight flat storages (feed/food-full) (fumigation)
  • Airtight storage warehouses (feed/food-full) (fumigation)
  • Airtight storages (small) (nonfeed/nonfood-full) (hogsheads) (fumigation)
  • Almonds (transportation vehicles)
  • Animal feed (transportation vehicles)
  • Assorted chocolate (transportation vehicles)
  • Bakery mixes (transportation vehicles)
  • Barges (feed/food-full) (fumigation)
  • Barley (transportation vehicles)
  • Brazil nut (transportation vehicles)
  • Cashews (transportation vehicles)
  • Cereal flour (transportation vehicles)
  • Cereal foods (crackers) (transportation vehicles)
  • Cereal foods (macaroni) (transportation vehicles)
  • Cereal foods (noodles) (transportation vehicles)
  • Cereal foods (pasta) (transportation vehicles)
  • Cereal foods (pretzels) (transportation vehicles)
  • Cereal mills (full) (fumigation)
  • Cereals (milled fractions) (transportation vehicles)
  • Cereals (packaged) (transportation vehicles)
  • Cheese (transportation vehicles)
  • Chocolate liquor (transportation vehicles)
  • Cocoa (transportation vehicles)
  • Cocoa beans (transportation vehicles)
  • Coffee (processed) (transportation vehicles)
  • Coffee beans (transportation vehicles)
  • Condiments (ground) (transportation vehicles)
  • Corn (pop) (transportation vehicles)
  • Corn (transportation vehicles)
  • Cotton (unprocessed) (fumigation)
  • Cottonseed (transportation vehicles)
  • Cured meat products (transportation vehicles)
  • Dark chocolate coating (transportation vehicles)
  • Dates (transportation vehicles)
  • Dried egg yolk solids (transportation vehicles)
  • Dried milk (nonfat instant) (transportation vehicles)
  • Dried milk (transportation vehicles)
  • Feathers (fumigation)
  • Feed mills (fumigation)
  • Feed/food commodities (under tarpaulin) (fumigation)
  • Filberts (transportation vehicles)
  • Fruits (dried/dehydrated) (apples) (transportation vehicles)
  • Fruits (dried/dehydrated) (dates) (transportation vehicles)
  • Fruits (dried/dehydrated) (figs) (transportation vehicles)
  • Fruits (dried/dehydrated) (peaches) (transportation vehicles)
  • Fruits (dried/dehydrated) (pears) (transportation vehicles)
  • Fruits (dried/dehydrated) (prunes) (transportation vehicles)
  • Fruits (dried/dehydrated) (raisins-sultanas) (transportation vehicles)
  • Fruits (dried/dehydrated) (raisins) (transportation vehicles)
  • Furs (transportation vehicles)
  • Grain/cereal/flour storage areas (under tarpaulin)(fumigation)
  • Human hair (processed) (fumigation)
  • Leather (hides) (transportation vehicles)
  • Leather (transportation vehicles)
  • Malt (transportation vehicles)
  • Milk chocolate (transportation vehicles)
  • Millet (transportation vehicles)
  • Non-dairy creamer (transportation vehicles)
  • Oats (transportation vehicles)
  • Ornamental grass seed (transportation vehicles)
  • Ornamental herbaceous plant seed (transportation vehicles)
  • Ornamental herbaceous plants (stored seed)
  • Paper (transportation vehicles)
  • Peanuts (transportation vehicles)
  • Pecans (transportation vehicles)
  • Pistachio nuts (transportation vehicles)
  • Processed food (transportation vehicles)
  • Processed meat (transportation vehicles)
  • Processed nuts (almonds) (transportation vehicles)
  • Processed nuts (apricot kernels) (transportation vehicles)
  • Processed nuts (brazil nuts) (transportation vehicles)
  • Processed nuts (fiberts) (transportation vehicles)
  • Processed nuts (peanuts) (transportation vehicles)
  • Processed nuts (pecans) (transportation vehicles)
  • Processed nuts (pistachio nuts) (transportation vehicles)
  • Processed nuts (walnuts) (transportation vehicles)
  • Railroad boxcars (feed/food-full) (fumigation)
  • Railroad hopper cars (feed/food-full) (fumigation)
  • Rice (transportation vehicles)
  • Rubberized hair (fumigation)
  • Rubberized hair (transportation vehicles)
  • Rye (transportation vehicles)
  • Safflower seed (transportation vehicles)
  • Seed and pod vegetables (transportation vehicles)
  • Sesame seed (transportation vehicles)
  • Sorghum (transportation vehicles)
  • Soybean flour (transportation vehicles)
  • Soybean milled fractions (transportation vehicles)
  • Soybeans (transportation vehicles)
  • Spices (processed) (transportation vehicles)
  • Stored almonds
  • Stored animal feed
  • Stored bakery mixes
  • Stored barley
  • Stored brazil nuts
  • Stored candy
  • Stored cashews
  • Stored cereal flour
  • Stored cereal foods (crackers)
  • Stored cereal foods (macaroni)
  • Stored cereal foods (noodles)
  • Stored cereal foods (packaged cookies)
  • Stored cereal foods (pasta)
  • Stored cereal foods (pretzels)
  • Stored cereal milled fractions
  • Stored cheese or cheese byproducts
  • Stored chocolate
  • Stored chocolate liquor
  • Stored clothing
  • Stored cocoa beans
  • Stored cocoa powder
  • Stored coffee (processed)
  • Stored coffee beans
  • Stored condiments (ground)
  • Stored corn
  • Stored corn (pop)
  • Stored corn grits
  • Stored cotton seed
  • Stored cured meat products
  • Stored dark chocolate coating
  • Stored dates
  • Stored dried egg yolk solids
  • Stored dried eggs
  • Stored dried fish
  • Stored dried milk
  • Stored dried milk (nonfat instant)
  • Stored filberts
  • Stored flower seed
  • Stored fruits (dried/dehydrated) (apples)
  • Stored fruits (dried/dehydrated) (dates)
  • Stored fruits (dried/dehydrated) (figs)
  • Stored fruits (dried/dehydrated) (peaches)
  • Stored fruits (dried/dehydrated) (pears)
  • Stored fruits (dried/dehydrated) (prunes)
  • Stored fruits (dried/dehydrated) (raisins-sultanas)
  • Stored fruits (dried/dehydrated) (raisins)
  • Stored furs
  • Stored hay
  • Stored herbs (processed)
  • Stored leather
  • Stored leather (hides)
  • Stored malt
  • Stored milk chocolate
  • Stored millet
  • Stored mohair
  • Stored nondairy creamers
  • Stored oats
  • Stored oats (processed)
  • Stored ornamental grass seed
  • Stored packaged cereals
  • Stored packaged food (around)
  • Stored paper
  • Stored peanuts
  • Stored pecans
  • Stored pistachio nuts
  • Stored potato flour
  • Stored primary yeast
  • Stored processed meat
  • Stored processed nuts (almonds)
  • Stored processed nuts (apricot kernels)
  • Stored processed nuts (brazil nuts)
  • Stored processed nuts (cashews)
  • Stored processed nuts (filberts)
  • Stored processed nuts (peanuts)
  • Stored processed nuts (pecans)
  • Stored processed nuts (pistachio nuts)
  • Stored processed nuts (walnuts)
  • Stored rice
  • Stored rye
  • Stored safflower seed
  • Stored seed and pod vegetable seed
  • Stored sesame seed
  • Stored sorghum
  • Stored soybean flour
  • Stored soybean milled fractions
  • Stored soybeans
  • Stored spices (processed)
  • Stored straw
  • Stored sugar
  • Stored sunflower seed (for planting)
  • Stored tea (processed)
  • Stored tires
  • Stored tobacco
  • Stored vegetable seed
  • Stored vegetables (dried/dehydrated) (beans)
  • Stored vegetables (dried/dehydrated) (carrots)
  • Stored vegetables (dried/dehydrated) (lentils)
  • Stored vegetables (dried/dehydrated) (peas)
  • Stored vegetables (dried/dehydrated) (spinach)
  • Stored walnuts
  • Stored wheat
  • Stored wild rice (processed) (fumigation)
  • Stored wood products
  • Sugar (transportation vehicles)
  • Sunflower seed (transportation vehicles)
  • Tea (processed) (transportation vehicles)
  • Tobacco (transportation vehicles)
  • Triticale (stored)
  • Vegetable seed (for planting) (transportation vehicles)
  • Vegetables (dried/dehydrated) (carrots) (transportation vehicles)
  • Vegetables (dried/dehydrated) (potato flour) (transportation vehicles)
  • Vegetables (dried/dehydrated) (spinach) (transportation vehicles)
  • Vulcanized hair (stored)
  • Walnuts (transportation vehicles)
  • Wheat (transportation vehicles)
  • Wood chips
  • Wool fabrics (fumigation)
  • Wool fabrics (transportation vehicles)