FARM AND RANCH

Micro-organic contamination is the leading cause of death and suffering in the world. What if there were a safe and effective way to address this broad-spectrum problem without using toxic chemical alternatives?

HORTICULTURE AND AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTS

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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

Pre and post-harvest produce and plant sanitizer

GREENHOUSE

Pre and post-harvest produce and plant sanitizer

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

Sanitize and disinfect food and non-food contact surfaces

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COMMODITIES

Grains, flour, wheat, eggs, and dairy environments

ORNAMENTAL

Extend the shelf life of flowers and other cuttings

Chlorine Dioxide in the Cannabis Industry

HEMP & CANNABIS

Destroy mold spores on seeds and in entire rooms

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RAW MEAT AND LIVESTOCK

For storing and preparing clean water and raw carcass meat

HYDRO & AEROPONICS

Treats for biofilms, bacteria slime and odor

WATER SYSTEMS

Sanitize transfer lines, storage tanks, reservoirs, & more!

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FOOD CONTACT SURFACES

No rinse required to disinfect all kitchen or workspace surfaces

ODOR CONTROL

Completely eliminate odor by killing germs at the source

MUSHROOM CULTIVATION

Disinfect substrates, tools, equipment & facilities

Use chlorine dioxide ClO₂ for horticulture and agriculture applications. Kill or suppress harmful microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, or fungi;¹ by oxidizing₂ and dissolving the cell walls of harmful organelles that harbor disease-causing pathogens.³

Soft and hard surface disinfection and deodorizing

Stalls, walls, enclosures, facilities, and the air

Light Concentration 25 ppm
Moderate Concentration 50 ppm
Heavy Concentration 200 ppm
Virucide Concentration 500 ppm⁴

ClO₂ treats over 220 microorganisms

Kill over 220 microorganisms: 81 Bacteria, 24 Protozoa, 44 Virus, 8 Chemical decontamination elements, 61 Algae, Fungi, Mold, & Yeast.

AGRICULTURE

LIVESTOCK

EGGS

MEAT

CARCASS

Agricultural products are essential for everyday living, and every living thing. We all eat grains, vegetables, fruits, and livestock. Our houses are built from lumber. We make our clothes from cotton, and we manufacture automobiles with rubber tires. Using FDA-registered⁵ ClO2 is a safe and effective way to clean crops, animals, and people ⁶to inactivate Avian Influenza A and other animal viruses listed on product labels at Dairy, Poultry, Swine, Turkey, Animal Farms, Hatcheries, Veterinary Practices, and others.⁷

Sanitize livestock, carcass, raw meat

Detoxification of livestock drinking water

Concentration 3 ppm – kills E.coli, Avian influenza, and Enterococcus faecium, etc¹⁰

Sanitizing egg shells

Concentration 15 ppm – inactivate Avian Influenza A and other pathogens¹¹

Antimicrobial in water and ice for seafood, finfish, crustaceans, poultry and meat

Concentration 50 ppm – dip, thaw, transport, wash, rinse, spray or store¹²

Shampoo for animal hair, fur, and skin

Concentration 70 ppm – sanitize and deodorize with no rinse required¹³

Producing poultry and eggs require frequent sanitizing of surfaces, including incubation, water filtration, and hand sanitizer dip. Prewash egg rooms, incubators, trays, and loading platforms; preclean floors in rooms where eggs are handled and mop floors where chicks are handled. Virucide effective against influenza, canine parvovirus, NDV, PRRS and Pseudorabies.

A chlorine dioxide disinfection of cow beds or other restricted areas on farms can fundamentally solve heavy stink, pesky moths, and fly infestations.⁸ This will help to reduce the incidence of disease and increase the safety of raw milk and other commodities. Chlorine dioxide has a significant economic and social benefit, in addition to sterilization.⁹

COMMODITIES

GRAINS

LEGUMES

VEGETABLES

FRUIT

PRODUCE

Groceries

Chlorine dioxide is a powerful antimicrobial that destroys bacteria, viruses, parasites, and has a range of uses to disinfect and deodorize agricultural and horticultural areas.¹⁴ Imagine a hard to reach corner of a bench that is sub-irrigated, with crop debris, algae, and insects like shore flies or fungus gnats.¹⁵ Chilled ClO2 water is used as an initial surface sanitizer to rinse soil and debris off produce, and other crops. For freshly harvested foods that require disinfection or sanitizing spray or pass fresh harvested commodities through a chlorine dioxide water network or rinse them for surface sanitation. After it has been cleaned, graded, ClO2 contributes to a longer shelf life up to three times when sent to a packing house or stored for sale.

Use in post-harvest handling to treat fruits, vegetables, and nuts directly during storage, transport, and food preparation applications. An advantage of chlorine dioxide is no that there is no need for a post-treatment rinse on the product with water to remove any residual chemical.¹⁶

Sanitize eggs, produce, and plants

Cleaning whole and processed fruits and vegetables

Concentration 3 ppm – root, tuber, bulb, legume, fruiting and leafy¹⁷

Sanitizing egg shells

Concentration 15 ppm – inactivate Avian Influenza A and other pathogens ¹⁸

Antimicrobial in water and ice

Concentration 50 ppm – dip, transport, wash, rinse, spray or store¹⁹

GREENHOUSE & GARDEN

Use chlorine dioxide to kill microorganisms, protect soil microbiomes,²⁰ eliminate greenhouse pathogens and remove biofilms. This is difficult for most other products because biofilm maintains structural and functional integrity. They are a three-dimensional structure that represents a community for microorganisms and have been metaphorically called ‘cities of microbes’. Chlorine dioxide is EPA approved to sanitize and disinfect safely, and it can be used continuously in areas that are susceptible to disease, and without causing plant toxicities.²¹

Some branches of horticulture have similar characteristics, such as the use of water before and after harvest. There may be differences in the types of tools used, the production environment, and even production methods. But all of these different applications can benefit from a customized, powerful, and safely formulated ClO2 solution.

Arboriculture

Plant and maintain trees, shrubs, vines, & woody perennials

Floriculture

Production and marketing of floral and ornamental crops

Landscape horticulture

Production, marketing, and maintenance of landscape plants

Olericulture

Includes the production and marketing of vegetables and produce

Pomology

Production and marketing of fruit trees

Viticulture

Production and marketing of grapes

Oenology

All aspects of wine production and winemaking

Postharvest

Maintaining the quality of and preventing spoilage of horticulture

Seeds, plants, and cuttings

Ensure seeds are disinfected from mold spores, etc

Concentration 0.20 ppm²²

Destroys biofilms and treats plants of pathogens

Concentration 0.25 ppm²³

Maintain freshness and extend shelf life for flowers and cuttings

Concentration 10 ppm²⁴

HYDRO & AEROPONICS

Whole crops can be at risk from mold if contaminated seeds are planted before they even grow. To kill any bacteria, mold, or other unwanted organisms on the surface of seeds or plants, a chlorine dioxide treatment is effective and safe. In large facilities vapor fogging is the best way to completely eliminate all organisms from hard-to-reach areas in high or low spaces. There are no residues and no additional cleanup. Regular or maintenance applications can be used to clean out grow rooms.

Tools, equipment, and facilities

Cutting tools, walk ways, benches, coolers, pots and flats

Concentration 500 ppm – Avoid cross contamination with soaking and spraying²⁵

Vapor fogging empty grow rooms between crops’ harvest

Concentration 1,000 ppm – decontaminate contaminated materials or debris²⁶

CANNABIS & HEMP DRYING AND CURING

The presence of Aspergillus in cannabis has been successfully treated with chlorine dioxide gas. Aspergillus refers to a group of filamentous fungi (or common molds) which are asexual and reproduce by producing conidia, or asexual spores. These molds can then spread into different environments, and germinate and grow. Seeds can be disinfected by soaking in a chlorine dioxide water bath, or within a chamber exposed to chlorine dioxide gas.

Vapor fogging empty grow rooms between crops is the optimal way to decontaminate every surface, crack, or crevice, significantly reducing the risk of cannabis crops “catching” any new mold spores. If mold is present during drying or storing apply chlorine dioxide by vapor fog. The treated cannabis can be kept as buds, or extracted.

Seeds, grow rooms, drying and storage

Ensure seeds are disinfected from mold before planting

Concentration 0.8 ppm – Avoid cross-contamination with soaking and spraying²⁷

Disinfect and remove biolfilm mold or mildew,

Concentration – effective in conditions where humidity and moisture are present²⁸

Vapor fogging empty grow rooms between crops’ harvest

Concentration 1,000 ppm – decontaminate contaminated materials or debris²⁹

ORNAMENTAL

Chlorine Dioxide reduces bacteria in solutions. This extends shelf life by 7 to 77% for Chrysanthemums, Gypsophila, Snapdragons, Roses Gerberas, Stock, Vilassar flowers.³⁰ Most biocides cannot penetrate a biofilm and can only kill the surface. Chlorine dioxide perforates and kills biofilm layers and colonized attachment sites on soft and hard surfaces. Its oxidizing power allows fungi, slime, and algae to be disinfected and removed from systems, tanks, and transfer lines.³¹

Plants

Critical level

MUSHROOM CULTIVATION

ClO2 is an EPA approved: Disinfectant, Fungicide, and Algaecide & Biocide.

For disinfection of substrates used in mushroom and other fungi cultivation as well as spawn production, processing and packing, chlorine dioxide can be used. To remove slime, treat, prevent, suppress, and control diseases, and to retard the re-emergence or growth of infective mushroom spores.

Production, processing, and packaging

Beds and substrate in growing operations

Concentration 0.8ppm – Control and suppress bacteria and algae³²

Runoff, utensils, & food contact surfaces

Heavy Concentration 200 ppm – sanitize surfaces including stainless steel, water, etc.³³

WATER TREATMENT

STORAGE

TANKS

TRANSFER LINES

For water treatment use chlorine dioxide as a shock treatment or to continuously treat pathogens in water systems. ClO2 can eliminate biofilm from water contact surfaces such as holding tanks, mixing tanks and containment vessels.

Apply chlorine dioxide to infectious or contamination related surfaces to disinfect and kill microorganisms such as fungi or mold at the source.³⁴

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HOW TO USE OUR KITS

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1. Mixing

Put a few drops of concentrate and a few drops of activator into a glass or plastic container

2. Wait

Set aside for one minute and wait for the solution to turn an amber, yellow color.

3. Fill with Water

Add clean water to fill the rest of the container and you’re ready to sanitize

4. Start Cleaning

Find a surface you want to clean and use it just as you would a normal cleaner.

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FARM AND RANCH

HORTICULTURE AND AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTS

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

GREENHOUSE

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

COMMODITIES

ORNAMENTAL

HEMP & CANNABIS

RAW MEAT AND LIVESTOCK

HYDRO & AEROPONICS

WATER SYSTEMS

FOOD CONTACT SURFACES

ODOR CONTROL

MUSHROOM CULTIVATION

Soft and hard surface disinfection and deodorizing

AGRICULTURE

LIVESTOCK

EGGS

MEAT

CARCASS

Sanitize livestock, carcass, raw meat

COMMODITIES

GRAINS

LEGUMES

VEGETABLES

FRUIT

PRODUCE

Groceries

Sanitize eggs, produce, and plants

GREENHOUSE & GARDEN

Seeds, plants, and cuttings

HYDRO & AEROPONICS

Tools, equipment, and facilities

CANNABIS & HEMP DRYING AND CURING

Seeds, grow rooms, drying and storage

ORNAMENTAL

Plants

Critical level

MUSHROOM CULTIVATION

Production, processing, and packaging

WATER TREATMENT

STORAGE

TANKS

SYSTEMS

TRANSFER LINES

HOW TO USE OUR KITS

Watch this short video to learn more about OUR Eco-friendly PRODUCTS

1. Mixing

2. Wait

3. Fill with Water

4. Start Cleaning

Still have a few questions about our kits?

How much do I need?

More than one use, task or application?

Have a business or large space to fog?

How much
do I need?