The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) final rule is aimed at preventing intentional adulteration from acts intended to cause wide-scale harm to public health, including acts of terrorism targeting the food supply. Such acts, while not likely to occur, could cause illness, death, economic disruption of the food supply absent mitigation strategies.
The 2016 DAI Recertification School will be held on April 28, 2016. Each year, DEGESCH America, Inc. offers a one day seminar devoted to meeting state recertification requirements with special emphasis on the fumigation industry. These seminars are held in Staunton, VA and offer the latest information available for those involved in fumigant application. Safe use and handling of Aluminum and Magnesium Phosphide, Methyl Bromide, Sulfuryl Fluoride and related safety equipment are explained by manufacturers representatives and and experienced fumigators.
View the 2016 Recertification School Agenda
Register now for this “Fumigation” specific short course held at the historic Stonewall Jackson Hotel in Staunton, VA.
After many months of effort, US DOT has renewed SP 11329. This permit allows certain users of Degesch America, Inc. to transport limited quantities of fumigants without placarding the vehicle.DOT Transportation Exemption
The US Department of Transportation has renewed SP11329.
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Degesch America, Inc. has acquired the rights to produce the “original” J-System® B-9 recirculation blowers. The new company, J-System Recirculation, LLC will be headquartered in Weyers Cave, VA.
Weyers Cave, VA – March 22, 2016 – Degesch America, Inc., is pleased to announce the formation of J-System Recirculation, LLC. The new company will assemble the original B-9 and A-3 J-System® Low Air Flow Fumigation Method blowers at its facility in Weyers Cave, Virginia. These models have long been considered the gold standard for the fumigation industry.
The blowers provide low volume recirculation of fumigant throughout a grain mass; most commonly used for in-transit fumigation of grain cargos on bulk carrier vessels. Additional applications include farm tank or bin fumigation, air evacuation, moisture control, and others.
The original blower was developed by Jim Cook, of J-Chem, Inc. to complete his patented J- System®. The initial application was used for farm storage treatments. While under pressure from importing countries, the USDA was researching an improved bulk carrier fumigation method. In a trial treatment performed in 1987 on the M/V Gamel Abdal Naser, the J-System’s effectiveness was clearly demonstrated, which led to the incorporation of the recirculation method into the FGIS’s Fumigation Handbook. Degesch America, Inc. acquired the rights to the method through the acquisition of J-Chem, Inc. in the late 1970’s.
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Additional details can be found at www.jsystemllc.com.