Commodity Fumigation Certification

New Certification Category Required

• Commodity Fumigants such as Phostoxin, are primarily used in grain bins and packaged as solid tablets or pellets which turn into gas when exposed to the moisture in the air

• Beginning in July 2024, all commodity fumigants will require a new Private (Farmer) Pesticide License Category to purchase and use.

• An initial examination will be required to obtain the new

Private Category Z(CF). It will be an open book exam.

• 1-hour additional recertification class specific to commodity fumigation will be required every 3 years to maintain the category after initial certification.

• The commodity fumigation exam can be taken at any pesticide exam or online.

• There is a $10 exam fee that must be paid at time of exam.

Online exams have additional fees.

• A study manual can be purchased online at www.pesticidemanuals. com

• For more information about the exams, please visit:

Host or Publisher N.C. Cooperative Extension, Pasquotank County