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Keeping you in control. Friendly pest control solutions derived from nature’s components.

BOC’s pest control range offers innovative, easy to use, connect and spray products to keep you in control. That way, you can mitigate stock and productivity losses, as well as maintain a healthier environment for customers and employees. BOC’s pest control solutions range includes: →→ VAPORMATE® - a highly effective fumigant made from food ingredients designed to leave produce and manufacturing equipment free from as quickly as 1 hour after exposure. →→ PESTIGAS® - containing natural Pyrethrum, PESTIGAS® acts quickly on contact to ‘knockdown’ pests. Pest control solutions.

Ideal uses →→ Food processing and storage warehouses →→ Domestic and commercial premises →→ Kitchens and laundries of hotels, restaurants and hospitals →→ Mushroom farms →→ Dairy product processing →→ Food storage and processing premises →→ Cut flower exports →→ Chicken farming/processing. Guide to application rates Important note: Please refer to the product label for further instructions before PESTIGAS® application.

Situation Insect PESTIGAS® application rate Flying in food Flies, , 17 seconds (50g) into storage and processing mosquitos and most air space per 300m3 areas of warehouse, other flying insects For repellent action only, house, use 3g every 30 minutes factories, restaurants, hotels, hospitals and domestic premises Crawling insects in food Cockroaches, 50 seconds (150g) into air storage and processing silverfish, and most space only per 300m3 areas of warehouses, other crawling insects Use extended nozzle to ® animal houses, treat cracks and crevices PESTIGAS is an effective factories, restaurants, hotels, hospitals and broad spectrum pest domestic premises Glasshouse Use (NZ only) Aphids & Whitefly 12 seconds (70g) per 100m3

control solution containing For New Zealand application rates, please refer to the NZ Agricultural Compound and Veterinary Medicines natural Pyrethrum. product label.

Traditionally pest control treatments involve regular Tips for application hand spraying of pesticide or insecticide in target →→ DO NOT allow contact with food. Ensure all items areas. Many insecticides have long been associated of food are properly stored, removed or covered to leave lasting residues often toxic and hazardous to before treatment is commenced. human health. →→ DO NOT re-enter treated areas within two (2) PESTIGAS® contains Pyrethrum which is extracted hours of completing treatment. from the Pyrethrum daisy flower. Pyrethrums are Features known to attack the nervous system of insects and have low toxicity to mammals, making it suitable →→ No restrictions upon sale for application inside kitchens and catering areas. →→ Provides repellent activity at low doses Pyrethrum also contains a number of related →→ Favourable toxicological profile compounds which offer a wide spectrum of attack →→ Break down in UV light against insect species. →→ Does not break down in moisture →→ Ready to use cylinders Applied as a high pressure dry spray, this unique →→ Contains natural Pyrethrums formula allows the diffusion of Pyrethrum into the →→ AQIS Approved Chemical for export meat hardest to reach cracks and crevices. establishments Pyrethrum is biodegradable and will decompose →→ MAF Authorised for use in meat premises. when exposed under UV light. Pest control solutions.

VAPORMATE® is a fast Guide to application rates: Australia Important note: Please refer to the product label for and highly effective further instructions before VAPORMATE® application. fumigant which leaves Commodity Insect Application Rate Cereal grains Complete control of all stages of: Lesser 660g/m3 (3 and oilseeds in grain borer (Rhyzopertha dominica), hours exposure) produce insect free. sealed storage Flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum), or 420g/m3 (24 (with moisture Psocids (various species), Storage hours exposure) content ≤12%) moths (Esphestia spp., Plodia spp.), Grain storage Sawtoothed grain beetle (Oryzaephilus premises and spp.), Flat grain beetle (Cryptolestes equipment spp.) Complete control of eggs, larvae and adults of: Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) Lettuce (not Aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) 120g/m3 (1 hour ® VAPORMATE is a fumigant from BOC designed as an bagged or exposure) alternative to the ozone depleting Methyl Bromide. similar) ® Onion Onion thrips (Thrips 160g/m3 (1 hour VAPORMATE contains ethyl formate, a Generally tabaci) (adults only) exposure) Recognised As Safe (GRAS) food additive that breaks Sweet pepper Western flower thrips 70g/m3 (2 hours down readily to naturally occurring compounds. It is or capsicum (Frankliniella occidentalis) exposure) safe to use with low toxicity levels for humans. Kumera and Detritus ( omoscopa) 30g/m3 (2 hours rhubarb exposure) What is VAPORMATE® used for? Banana Mites (Oligotetranycus spp.), 420g/m3 (6 hours Mealybugs (Dysmicoccus spp.), exposure) Scale (Aspidiotus spp.) →→ Application to horticultural produce post harvest Pineapple Mites (Dolichotetranychus 420g/m3 (2 hours including fruit, vegetables and cut flowers floridanus), Mealybugs Dysmicoccus( exposure) →→ Fumigation of grain storage neobrevipes), Scale (Diaspis bromiliae) →→ Fumigation of food processing equipment Strawberry Western flower thrips 160g/m3 (1 hour (Frankliniella occidentalis) exposure) ® Kiwifruit Oleander scale (Aspidiotus 140g/m3 (6 hours VAPORMATE vs Methyl Bromide (excluding Gold nerii), Long tailed mealybugs exposure) Kiwifruit) (Pseudococcus longispinus) ® Features & Benefits VAPORMATE Methyl Bromide Table grapes Light brown apple moth (Epiphyas 240g/m3 (4 hours Ozone depleting active ingredient N Y postvittana), Red back spiders exposure) (Latrodectus hasselti), Two spotted Effective from 1 hour Y N mite (Tetranychus urticae) Maximum residue limit exempt Y N Long tailed mealybug (Pseudococcus 120g/m3 (3 hours Internationally patented technology Y N longispinus), Western flower exposure) thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis), Plague thrips (Thrips imagines)

For New Zealand application rates, please refer to the NZ Agricultural Compound and Veterinary Medicines product label. Providing innovative solutions to move your business ahead.

Safety. BOC is well-known as a national distributor of gas and equipment but we also understand that workplace safety is of vital importance too. If you need head and face protection, protective clothing and footwear or other safety equipment – we’re there. Our BOC Safety Specialists are trained to help you achieve your safety initiatives. They can visit your workplace to identify risks, make assessments and offer recommendations for a safer workplace. Just as we protect our own people, you can count on BOC’s reputation and commitment to help protect yours.

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