[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":73},["ShallowReactive",2],{"c:\u002Fglossary\u002Fsulphuryl-fluoride":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"body":7,"description":56,"extension":57,"meta":58,"navigation":59,"noindex":60,"path":61,"related":62,"reviewed":67,"seo":68,"sources":69,"stem":71,"term":5,"__hash__":72},"glossary\u002Fglossary\u002Fsulphuryl-fluoride.md","Sulphuryl fluoride (SF)","Sulphuryl fluoride, coded SF, is a fumigant added to ISPM 15 as an approved treatment for wood packaging. Like methyl bromide it must be applied to debarked wood, and it has its own concentration-time schedule in Annex 1.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":47},"minimark",[10,15,19,23,26,30,33,37,40,44],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"where-it-came-from","Where it came from",[16,17,18],"p",{},"ISPM 15's publication history records the technical panel's work on sulphuryl fluoride fumigation of insects and nematodes in debarked wood before it was adopted as a treatment. It sits in Annex 1 alongside HT, DH and MB.",[11,20,22],{"id":21},"how-it-is-applied","How it is applied",[16,24,25],{},"As with MB, bark must be removed before fumigation because bark can reduce how well the gas works. The schedule is a concentration-time product over a set period at a minimum wood temperature; the figures are in Annex 1 of the standard.",[11,27,29],{"id":28},"what-the-code-tells-you","What the code tells you",[16,31,32],{},"SF in the mark means a registered provider fumigated the wood. It does not tell you anything about the pallet's structure or exchange status.",[11,34,36],{"id":35},"spelling","Spelling",[16,38,39],{},"The standard uses \"sulphuryl\"; US sources often write \"sulfuryl\". They are the same chemical.",[11,41,43],{"id":42},"on-epal-pallets","On EPAL pallets",[16,45,46],{},"EPAL specifies heat treatment for its pallets. An SF code on an EPAL-branded pallet is unusual and worth a closer look at the licence markings.",{"title":48,"searchDepth":49,"depth":49,"links":50},"",2,[51,52,53,54,55],{"id":13,"depth":49,"text":14},{"id":21,"depth":49,"text":22},{"id":28,"depth":49,"text":29},{"id":35,"depth":49,"text":36},{"id":42,"depth":49,"text":43},"What the SF treatment code means and how sulphuryl fluoride fumigation fits ISPM 15.","md",{},true,false,"\u002Fglossary\u002Fsulphuryl-fluoride",[63,64,65,66],"\u002Fmarkings\u002Ftreatment-code-sf","\u002Fglossary\u002Fmethyl-bromide","\u002Fglossary\u002Fispm-15","\u002Ftools\u002Fstamp-decoder","2026-10-27",{"title":5,"description":56},[70],"ispm15","glossary\u002Fsulphuryl-fluoride","EOFrKw9788u9m_bH_lxE0noUnNa8J9myNwAtBRqGhsU",1793132283609]