Americhlor Calcium Hypochlorite Granules

Label & SDS

EPA Label: link

Registration information

• U.S. EPA Registration number: 748-239
• U.S. EPA Status: ACTIVE

Description

'Americhlor Calcium Hypochlorite Granules' is an algaecide, disinfectant, fungicide, microbicide/microbistat, sanitizer, and virucide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 748-239. It was originally approved by EPA on 14 Jan 1983. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Calcium hypochlorite. It's approved for 66 sites including artificial sand beaches, beekeeping equipment, beverage processing equipment, boat/ship hulls/bottoms, brewery process plant premises, brewery processing equipment, cannery cooling canal water, cheese aging rooms, cheese processing equipment, and cider mills. It is also approved for 14 pests and pest groups including but not limited to algae, animal pathogenic bacteria, bacterial blotch of mushroom, bacterial plant pathogens, bacterial spot, chalkbrood disease, deterioration/spoilage bacteria, erwinia, fish, and fruit decay.

Original registration date:

• 14 Jan 1983

Cancellation date:

• n/a

Alternative names:

• AMERICHLOR CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE GRANULESAlternate
• INCREDIPOOL CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE GRANULESAlternate
• INDUCLORActive

Registrant:

• WESTLAKE CHEMICALS AND VINYLS LLC, D/B/A WESTLAKE COPORATION
  
• Address:
  2801 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 600
  Houston, TX 77056

Active ingredients:

• Calcium hypochlorite 68%
• Other ingredients 32%

Signal word:

• Danger

Product type:

• Algaecide
• Disinfectant
• Fungicide
• Microbicide/microbistat
• Sanitizer
• Virucide

Formulation:

• Granular

Registered target pests:

• Algae
• Animal pathogenic bacteria (g- and g+ vegetative)
• Bacterial blotch of mushroom
• Bacterial plant pathogens
• Bacterial spot (xanthomonas)
• Chalkbrood disease (ascophaera spp.)
• Deterioration/spoilage bacteria
• Erwinia
• Fish
• Fruit decay
• Mold/mildew
• Slime-forming bacteria
• Storage rot
• Wood rot/decay

Registered target sites:

• Artificial sand beaches
• Beekeeping equipment
• Beverage processing equipment
• Boat/ship hulls/bottoms (primed/unprimed)(antifoul trt)
• Brewery process plant premises
• Brewery processing equipment
• Cannery cooling canal water
• Cheese aging rooms
• Cheese processing equipment
• Cider mills
• Cooling tower water
• Dairy equipment (unspecified)
• Dairy processing plants (indoor edible)
• Eating est equipment
• Eating est food contact surfaces
• Eating est non-food contact surfaces
• Eating est utensils
• Egg breaking equipment
• Egg process plant premises
• Egg processing equipment
• Farm buildings (indoor)
• Farm or agricultural structures and equipment (unspecified)
• Fish handling equipment
• Fish hatchery ponds (water treatment)
• Fish pond equipment
• Fish ponds (water treatment)
• Fish processing equipment
• Food process plant premises
• Fruit wash water
• Fruits (all or unspecified)
• Heat exchanger water
• Hemodialysis machines
• Hot tubs (outdoor) (water treatment)
• Human drinking water
• Ice cream processing equipment
• Irrigation supply systems
• Marine lobster ponds (water treatment)
• Meat process plant premises
• Meat processing equipment
• Milk process plant premises
• Milk processing equipment
• Mushroom house equipment
• Mushrooms (foliar treatment)
• Oyster ponds (water treatment)
• Pecans (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
• Potatoes (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
• Poultry drinking water
• Poultry feeding equipment
• Poultry house premises (enclosed premise treatment)
• Poultry watering equipment
• Reservoirs (water treatment)
• Reservoirs (water) (potable)
• Seeds (agricultural and ornamental-all or unspecified)
• Sewage systems
• Spas (outdoor) (water treatment)
• Storage premises
• Sugar beet processing water
• Sweet potatoes (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
• Swimming pool water
• Tomatoes (seed treatment)
• Vegetable wash water
• Vegetables (all or unspecified)
• Water (potable)
• Whirlpool bath water
• Winery process plant premises
• Winery processing equipment