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Peracetic acid is an ideal antimicrobial agent due to its high oxidizing potential. It is highly effective against a broad range of microorganisms.

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500 Winmoore Way, Modesto, CA 95358
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Latest News

30 Mar. 23

Enviro Tech Showcases the Power of Peracetic Acid for Wastewater at Texas Water 2023

15% and 22% peracetic acid formulations safeguard wastewater with fewer chemicals Learn More at Booth #442 March 31, 2023 – Specialty chemical manufacturer Enviro Tech (ET) – an Arxada company – is showcasing its powerful peracetic acid (PAA) chemistries for wastewater disinfection at Texas Water 2023, Apr. 11-14 in Houston. For years, Enviro Tech has been Read More

26 Sep. 22

PAA: A Perfect Pairing for Winemaking

Fine wine requires rigorous attention to sanitation and disinfection. From the vine to the bottle, keeping products safe from contaminants is critical for product quality, brand reputation, and consumer confidence. Discover how Peracetic Acid (PAA) is used at every stage of viticulture and winemaking processes and how it can safeguard wine production, solving the sanitation and Read More

04 May. 22

Enviro Tech Showcases PeraGuard® at 2022 Food Safety Summit

Enviro Tech and Arxada food safety products featured in booth #433 May 4, 2022 – Modesto, Calif. – specialty chemical manufacturer Enviro Tech Chemical Services (ETCS) – an Arxada company – is showcasing the world’s first and only dry peracetic acid (PAA) floor and equipment sanitizer at the Food Safety Summit, May 10-12, 2022 in Chicago. Read More

23 Dec. 21

Arxada acquires Enviro Tech Chemical Services, expanding presence into food and beverage market

Acquisition brings highly complementary and innovative solutions to Arxada’s portfolio, including peracetic acid-based, environmentally sustainable offerings Second strategic deal by Arxada since starting its transformation journey as an independent company in July 2021 Basel, Switzerland – 23 December, 2021 – Arxada AG, a global leader in specialty chemicals, today announces it has completed the acquisition of Read More

24 Sep. 21

Enviro Tech Introduces PeraGuard® – The First Dry Peracetic Acid (PAA) Sanitizer

Patented Dry PAA-based floor, drain, and equipment sanitizer is EPA registered for use in food and beverage facilities, other manufacturing operations, and farm applications MODESTO, Calif. – September 23, 2021 – Modesto, Calif. specialty chemical manufacturer Enviro Tech Chemical Services (ETCS) has introduced the world’s first and only dry peracetic acid (PAA) floor and equipment sanitizer. Read More

16 Aug. 21

PAA for Breweries

REFLEX™ for Breweries: A Simple Solution for CIP NSF EPA REG. NO. 63838-12 CIP cleaning for brewery equipment can be a tricky, water-intensive process, but it’s necessary to ensure safety and maintain production capacity. CIP for brewers requires an aggressive multi-step process that can be complicated and confusing. That’s why we developed Reflex™ for Breweries; a Read More

16 Aug. 21

PAA for Wineries

PAA for Wineries Wine helps drive the California economy. With domestic sales exceeding $46 billion in 2020, the California grape crop is critically important as an agricultural product, not just for the state but also for the U.S. That’s why product safety and crop security are top concerns for winegrowers. Enviro Tech’s peracetic acid (PAA) formulations Read More

16 Aug. 21

Leave Foliar Diseases Behind with Peracetic Acid

Leave Foliar Diseases Behind with Peracetic Acid Foliar diseases are all too common and familiar to farmers for ruining commercial crops and reducing yields. These diseases — fungal, bacterial, and viral — affect plants by interfering with absorption and translocation of water and nutrients, which in turn impact flower and fruit development. Foliar disease can disrupt Read More

22 Jul. 21

Cooling Tower Bacteria: No Match for Brommax

Cooling Tower Bacteria: No Match for Slime. Biofilm. Gunk. Crud. Building engineers are more than familiar with the contaminants that diminish cooling tower efficiency and reliability. The technical term for the “nasty stuff” in cooling tower water is microbiological fouling by bacteria, but it isn’t just gross – fouling can breed unsafe levels of microorganism growth. Read More

21 May. 21

Enviro Tech and PeroxyChem Sign a License Agreement for Use of U.S. Patent No. 10,912,321

Methods of Using Peracetic Acid to Treat Poultry in a Chill Tank During Processing MODESTO, Calif. – May 21, 2021 – Modesto, Calif. manufacturer Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc. (ETCS) has issued a license agreement to PeroxyChem, an Evonik Company, for use of its U.S. Patent No. 10,912,321- Methods of Using Peracetic Acid to Treat Poultry Read More

20 May. 21

Press Release Re: Zeco Litigation

U.S. Patent No. 10,912,321 was issued to Enviro Tech on February 9, 2021 for methods of using peracetic acid solutions at an alkaline pH to treat poultry during processing. Enviro Tech takes the intellectual property rights of itself and others seriously. As of April 15, 2021, Enviro Tech is in a federal lawsuit against Zeco, LLC Read More

18 May. 21

Enviro Tech is Ready in Levelland

Our new facility will help meet regional demands for water treatment biocides Enviro Tech’s new plant, located in Levelland, Texas, is becoming a reality after almost two years since its announcement. We couldn’t be more proud of the effort, planning, and state-of-the-art technologies behind its construction. Our new chemical plant will feature advanced manufacturing techniques to Read More

11 May. 21

PAA Tackles Irrigation and Food Safety Challenges for Nut Growers

PAA Tackles Irrigation and Food Safety Challenge for Nut Growers The California nut crop is robust and green near our headquarters in Modesto, as almond and pistachio groves spring to life. With water in short supply and growers relying on a good harvest, maintaining irrigation lines is critical for better yields. That’s why Enviro Tech is Read More

21 Oct. 20

Enviro Tech’s Peraspray Demonstrated Effective Against SARS-COV-2 EPA approval and N-Listing indicates peracetic acid sanitizer kills the virus that causes COVID-19 MODESTO, Calif., October 21, 2020 – Modesto, California, manufacturer Enviro Tech Chemical Services (ETCS), one of the nation’s fastest-growing manufacturers of sanitizing products, has announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has Read More

07 Oct. 20

Enviro Tech’s specialists among the team of PAA experts authoring a WEF publication

The book aims to provide PAA knowledge to adopt this greener technology in wastewater facilities MODESTO, Calif. – October 7, 2020 – Jacquelyn Wilson, our Technical Wastewater Sales Manager, and Phil Harvey, our Vice President of National Operations, are among the team of Peracetic Acid (PAA) experts who authored a new Water Environment Federation (WEF) Read More

24 Sep. 20

Enviro Tech Plant Manager Named to Arkansas Workforce Development Board

Charles Johnson oversees growth of the company’s Helena, Ark. operations MODESTO, Calif. – Sept. 21, 2020 – Modesto, Calif. manufacturer Enviro Tech Chemical Services (ETCS) congratulates its Helena, Ark. plant manager, Charles Johnson, for his selection to Governor Asa Hutchinson’s Arkansas Workforce Development Board. Mr. Johnson, a four-year employee of ETCS, has overseen growth and Read More

05 Jun. 20

National Food Safety Day

To stay healthy, we need a daily input of safe and nutritious food. You are what you eat, says an ancient proverb. At Enviro Tech, we play a critical role in helping keep food & beverages safe. We work shoulder to shoulder with food and beverage processing facilities to help them meet FDA requirements that ensure Read More

26 May. 20

Enviro Tech Experiences Explosive Growth. Hires more workers.

Our hand-sanitizer production has put us in the first line of defense against COVID-19 We have been producing our hand-sanitizer — Bac Stop 3A — for the last ten years. But in the last two months, the production of this product has become our top priority to help people combat the spread of coronavirus. We have Read More

February 10, 2020

Enviro Tech Receives NOP Listing For KOCI – A Potassium Hypochlorite Solution

Enviro Tech Chemical Services (ETCS) is pleased to announce the National Organic Program (NOP) unanimously voted to add Potassium Hypochlorite Solution (KOCI) to the national list of allowed materials for use in organic handling. KOCl Added to National List of Allowed Materials for Use in Organic Handling Enviro Tech’s Potassium Hypochlorite Solution (KOCl) met the NOP’s requirements and Read More Read More

November 21, 2019

Peracetic Acid: An Effective Wastewater Disinfectant

Peracetic acid (PAA) is one of the most versatile and widely used disinfectants on the market. PAA has proven to be an excellent sanitizer and disinfectant in the food, beverage, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and agriculture industries for industrial water treatment, as well as an excellent disinfectant for use in the wastewater treatment industry. The most common PAA Read More Read More

10 Sep. 19

Enviro Tech Chemical Services to Build New $8M Manufacturing Facility in Industrial Rail Park

Enviro Tech Chemical Services (ETCS) is pleased to announce a USD $8 million investment in a new chemical manufacturing facility in Levelland, TX. In its first phase, the new facility will employ 25 people directly, with plans to provide 75 new jobs upon completion of a $5m expansion. Onboarding support will be included for all new Read More

08 Mar. 19

Enviro Tech Chemical Services Offers Next Generation PAA Detection Unit, Kemio

Enviro Tech Chemical Services (ETCS) is pleased to announce its new offering, the Kemio, a peroxyacetic acid (PAA) electronic disinfection testing unit. The Kemio, manufactured by Palintest, enables operators to conduct water disinfection validation tests at the point-of-use and get results within 60-seconds. Critical water applications require proper disinfection dosing’s for effective sanitation. The Kemio, using Read More

06 Mar. 19

Enviro Tech Chemical Services Peragreen Products Listed Under “Agrian” Label Directory

Enviro Tech Chemical Services (ETCS) is pleased to announce its Peragreen products, formulated for the control and reduction of slime, algae, bacterial and fungal diseases in various agricultural water systems, is now listed on Agrian’s comprehensive online Label Lookup directory. Agrian is an Ag software company that provides an online Label Lookup resource that more than Read More

27 Dec. 18

Enviro-Brom Now Approved as a Drain Sanitizer

Enviro Tech is pleased to announce that its slow-dissolving Enviro-Brom™ DBNPA Tabs are now EPA-registered for use as a drain sanitizer. This is a new-use EPA registration and represents the first for a solid DBNPA sanitizer in drain applications. DBNPA is a non-oxidizing biocide that has been proven effective against problematic drain microorganisms such as Listeria, Read More

26 Jul. 18

Level 3 SQF Certification

Enviro Tech is pleased to announce that our Modesto, CA and Helena, AR facilities have upgraded from Level 2 to Level 3 SQF Certification. Enviro Tech is the first and only SQF Certified peracetic acid manufacturer in the nation. It has always been Enviro Tech’s goal to produce the highest quality products and Level 3 SQF Read More

16 Jan. 18

Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc. Completes Installation of Largest Peracetic Acid Delivery and Dosing System in US

Press Release 011618 Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc. today announced that the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District in Denver, CO has begun disinfecting its wastewater effluent with Enviro Tech’s peracetic acid (PAA) product called Peragreen® WW (15% PAA) as a full-scale demonstration. This new bulk delivery and dosing system at the North and South Plant with a Read More

03 Jan. 18

Food Contact Notification 1806

Enviro Tech is pleased to announce the approval for a new Food Contact Notification (FCN) 1806 for use in poultry processing up to 2000 ppm active peracetic acid. Please contact your Enviro Tech sales representative for more information.

15 May. 17

Food Contact Notification 1738

Enviro Tech is pleased to announce the recent approval for a new Food Contact Notification (FCN) for use in meat and produce processing. FCN 1738 allows for the use of Enviro Tech’s peracetic acid products on meat (beef, pork, lamb, etc) up to 1200 ppm active peracetic acid and on fruits and vegetables up to 500 Read More

16 Jan. 17

Lexington TN Trial

WaterWorld Magazine recently published a wastewater trial at Lexington Water Systems in Tennessee where Enviro Tech’s Peragreen 22WW (22% peracetic acid) product was used as an alternative to chlorine disinfection. The results of the trial demonstrated that peracetic acid is an effective alternative to chlorine disinfection without the concern of forming potentially hazardous disinfection byproducts. Click Read More

30 Dec. 16

Water World Mag

Click here to view our recent publication in Water World Magazine.

13 Jul. 16

New Marinade FCN

Enviro Tech Chemical Services recently received the first Food Contact Notification (FCN 1654) for the use of our peracetic acid formulation in marinades applied to or injected into processed or unprocessed, cooked or uncooked whole or cut poultry as well as processed and pre-formed meat and poultry products.

31 Mar. 15

News 8

Opening of Enviro Tech’s New Helena, Arkansas facility. Read about it here.

06 Mar. 14

News 7

Enviro Tech has been granted FCN#1384 for the Coronis product. Effective March 6, 2014, Coronis can be used at up to 400 ppm on whole or cut meat products, 1000 ppm on whole or cut poultry products, 2000 ppm in poultry post-chiller or dip tanks prior to air chillers, and 350 ppm on fruits and vegetables.

01 Oct. 13

News 6

Enviro Tech’s patent for on-site generation of peracetic acid has been awarded (US# 8,546,449 B2), and can be read here. Enviro Tech will be employing this technology in our product Coronis.

29 Jul. 13

News 5

Enviro Tech has developed a new method for testing low levels of quaternary ammonia compounds, and has employed this method for a small study of the application of these types of compounds in the poultry industry. See a demonstration video here, and read the accompanying report here.

27 Sep. 12

News 4

Enviro Tech’s latest patent applications have been published! The first is regarding the on-site production of PAA (US20120245228) and the second is on the use of PAA in poultry chillers to increase yield (US20120244261).

20 Jul. 12

News 3

Enviro Tech announces plans for $4 million expansion at Helena Harbor in eastern Arkansas, and subsequent creation of 40 jobs. Read More

18 Feb. 10

News 2

FDA Food Contact Notification 944 awarded to Enviro Tech Chemical Services, allowing the use of a new bromine-based antimicrobial for meat and poultry Read More

26 Nov. 09

News 1

FDA Food Contact Notification 908 awarded to Enviro Tech Chemical Services, allowing the use of peroxyacetic acid (PAA) on Ready-To-Eat meat and poultry products Read More

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