Packaging coating keeps bugs away

Michelman claims its BugBan 9000 coating can save retailers, distributors and food processors money by reducing the damage to food packaging caused by insects.

The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the use of BugBan 9000 for use on the outside of corrugated surfaces, folding cartons, wood and corrugated pallets used in the transporting of food, the company stated when releasing the product earlier this month."It was specifically designed to not just repel insects, but to effectively eliminate the insects before they can penetrate the package -- for the entire life of the package," the company stated.T

he company said it tested BugBan 9000 at four universities on a wide variety of insects -- including yellow jacket wasps, fire ants, German cockroaches, and Indian meal moths. "All reports demonstrated 100 per cent effectiveness in eliminating the insect pests within 24 hours -- eradicating 70 per cent in the first five hours," Michelman claimed.