New York Accepts Amended Phantom Food-Handling Label

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has accepted a label amendment for Phantom® insecticide from BASF – The Chemical Company, when used for general pest control (cockroaches and nuisance ant species). The amended Phantom label allows for the use of Phantom in food/feed product areas of food/feed handling establishments, where food and food products are held, processed, prepared and/or served.

The amended Phantom label for food-handling areas has now been accepted in all 50 states (note: Phantom is currently not labeled for control of cockroaches in California). This new use is added to the existing use of the insecticide for general pest control in non-food handling areas of structures.

Phantom can now be applied as a spot or crack and crevice treatment inside houses, apartments or other residential structures; meat, poultry and egg processing and packaging plants; and the food/feed and non-food/feed handling areas of commercial, institutional and warehousing establishments, such as schools, groceries and supermarkets, restaurants and cafeterias, hotels and motels, hospitals and nursing homes, warehouses and industrial buildings, laboratories, zoos, pet shops, computer facilities, and sewers.

“Whether used alone, or in conjunction with Termidor® and the Inside-Out program, the new Phantom label provides PMPs with even greater application flexibility for ant and roaches,” comments Karl J. Kisner, Senior Marketing Manager with BASF – The Chemical Company. “We’re extremely excited that BASF Partners across the country have universally accepted this new tool for general pest control in some of the most difficult-to-control sites – food-handling areas.”

In addition to the food-handling amendment, New York has also granted an amended Phantom label for application to pest entry points on the exterior surfaces of structures.