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GB/T 36854-2018Rules for container fumigation (English PDF)

集装箱熏蒸操作规程

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

September 17, 2018

Implementation date

April 1, 2019

Scope

GB/T 36854-2018 is the English-translated version of 集装箱熏蒸操作规程.

GB/T 36854-2018 lays down the operating procedure for fumigating containers. It covers containers of imported and exported animal and plant products, wood packaging and dunnage, fruit and other fresh goods, as well as empty containers.

The basic requirements fix where fumigated containers stand and their distance from living or working areas, the minimum temperatures, including those of the vaporizer used for methyl bromide, and the real-time collection and upload of fumigant concentration data.

The standard then gives the fumigation methods and steps, the treatment of fresh produce such as fruit and the evaluation of results, with annexes on goods unsuitable for methyl bromide, sulfuryl fluoride and phosphine and on portable systems for full-container fumigation. It was issued on 17 September 2018 and has applied since 1 April 2019.

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Document preview — GB/T 36854-2018

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 65.020.01
Classification: B 16

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and Definitions
4 Basic requirements
5 Methods and steps
6 Fumigation of fresh agricultural products such as fruits
7 Result evaluation
Appendix A (Normative) Goods not suitable for fumigation with methyl bromide, sulfuryl fluoride and phosphine
Appendix B (informative) Technical requirements for portable container FCL fumigation system

Foreword

This standard was drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2009.

1 Scope

This standard specifies the import and export of animal and plant products, wood packaging and bedding materials, fruit and other fresh goods and empty containers fumigation handling procedures.

This standard applies to the fumigation of fresh goods and empty containers such as inbound and outbound animal and plant products, wood packaging and bedding materials, fruits, etc.

2 Normative references

The following documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only dated versions apply to this document. For undated references, the latest edition (including all amendments) applies to this document.

GB 434 methyl bromide original drug

GB/T 5452 56% aluminum phosphide tablets

GB/T 20478 phytosanitary terminology

SN/T 3401 Procedure for testing the residual concentration of fumigants after phytosanitary fumigation

3 Terms and definitions

The following terms and definitions as defined in GB/T 20478 apply to this document.

3.1 Fumigant

A chemical that produces a concentration of gas that is lethal to pests at the required temperature and pressure.

3.2 Container fumigation

Use a container as a confined space, put a certain amount of fumigant at a certain temperature, and seal for a certain period of time, thus killing the container harm in the cargo or empty container inside the box.

4 Basic requirements

4.1 Venue

The container to be fumigated should be placed on a flat floor in a single layer, and cannot be moved during fumigation and sealing. Fumigation container with living or working area the distance should be no less than 50m at the upper air outlet or no less than 200m at the lower air outlet, and the distance between the container boxes is more than 0.5m.

4.2 Temperature

Container fumigation should be carried out at temperatures above 5 °C in the fumigated confined space. Methyl bromide fumigation should use chemical vaporization device when the drug is administered, the water temperature of the vaporization device is not lower than 65 °C, and the outlet temperature of the drug is not lower than 20 °C.

4.3 Detection data upload

Container fumigation treatment fumigant concentration detection should have real-time data collection and upload function, and its test data is uploaded to China quarantine treatment.

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