Transaction streamlines Crop Science portfolio and ensures greater focus on core agricultural business Cinven seeks to continue to drive innovation and accelerate growth through significant investment in the acquired business Leverkusen, March 10, 2022 – Bayer and Cinven have entered into a definitive agreement regarding the sale of Bayer’s Environmental Science Professional business for a…
Rodenticide effectiveness could be “hit or miss” in large swathes of the UK due to the unknown resistance status of rat and mouse populations, according to Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use chairman Dr Alan Buckle. Pest controllers, farmers and gamekeepers are being invited to join a citizen science project to investigate. “Unknown resistance status covers…
So what do Killgerm advise? At this present time, there are no defined standards for testing tamper-resistant rodent bait stations in the UK or European Union. Utilising USA test protocols as a key reference, Killgerm developed a testing regime for tamper resistance of the AF Rat Box and AF Atom regarding dogs and children. In…
Mid-January will see publication of an abridged adaptation of the CRRU Code of Best Practice in pest rodent control. The need arises because, as responsible pest controllers know all too well, annual monitoring of barn owls by CRRU from 2016 to 2021 finds “stubbornly static” rodenticide presence in nearly 90% of barn owls. Although not…
In accordance with the Biocidal Products Regulation, Vazor® Fumigators are being phased out of stock. The product can no longer be purchased after Friday 26th November 2021, and all product must be used by 29th June 2022. Please contact the Killgerm Sales Office for further information and to talk to us about alternatives: 01924 268420. Active ingredient: Contains…
November 10th, 2021 All Day MK ARENA | FREE ENTRY | FREE PARKING FOR ATTENDEES PestTech caters for every sector of the industry with exhibitors covering every facet connected with vertebrate and invertebrate management, this exhibition is essential for all those involved within the industry or on it’s periphery. For more information please contact: +44(0)…
‘Five Years of Rodenticide Stewardship 2016-2020’ published A report of the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime’s work covering 2016 to 2020 has been published by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. This feeds into a formal five-year review being carried out by its HSE-led Government Oversight Group. The regime’s work and achievements to date were discussed…
Great news! BASF have received their HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) certificate for Selontra. This will now allow pest controllers to use Selontra to service clients in the food industry employing the HACCP system. Selontra is certified as: • Suitable for use in and around facilities that operate a HACCP-based Food Safety Program,…
Harmonix® Rodent Paste marks a new era in pest control Bayer is bringing a new high-performance professional use cholecalciferol rodenticide, which can be used in open areas and burrows, to the market this September. Tim Peeling, product manager at Bayer Environmental Science, says, this is the first new product on the market with extensive label…
Rodenticide use for permanent, pulsed or burrow baiting, or in covered and protected bait stations, is now only legal if the product label permits these ‘non-standard’ scenarios specifically. This applies equally to pest controllers, farmers and gamekeepers. It comes into force, according to Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use chairman Dr Alan Buckle, amid “stubbornly static”…