Calcium Hypochlorite

Label & SDS

EPA Label: link

Registration information

• U.S. EPA Registration number: 148-20005
• U.S. EPA Status: CANCELLED

Description

'Calcium Hypochlorite' is an algaecide, disinfectant, fungicide, microbicide/microbistat, poison, multiple dose, sanitizer, and virucide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 148-20005. It was originally approved by EPA on 24 Feb 1987. Its registration got cancelled on 22 Jan 1991. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Calcium hypochlorite. It's approved for 41 sites including animal equipment, animal feeding/watering equipment, animal living quarters, artificial sand beaches, beekeeping equipment, boat bottoms, commercial egg treatment, cooling tower water, eating est food contact surfaces, and eating est non-food contact surfaces. It is also approved for 14 pests and pest groups including but not limited to algae, animal pathogenic bacteria, animal pathogenic fungi, animal viruses, bacteria, bacterial blotch of mushroom, bacterial spot, fish, fungi, and mold/mildew.

Original registration date:

• 24 Feb 1987

Cancellation date:

• 22 Jan 1991

Alternative names:

• CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITEActive

Registrant:

• HARCROS CHEMICALS INC.
  
• Address:
  5200 Speaker Road
  Kansas City, KS 66106

Active ingredients:

• Calcium hypochlorite 65%
• Other ingredients 35%

Signal word:

• Danger

Product type:

• Algaecide
• Disinfectant
• Fungicide
• Microbicide/microbistat
• Poison, Multiple Dose
• Sanitizer
• Virucide

Formulation:

• Soluble Concentrate

Registered target pests:

• Algae
• Animal pathogenic bacteria (g- and g+ vegetative)
• Animal pathogenic fungi
• Animal viruses
• Bacteria (unspecified)
• Bacterial blotch of mushroom
• Bacterial spot (xanthomonas)
• Fish
• Fungi
• Mold/mildew
• Pseudomonas spp.
• Slime-forming bacteria
• Slime-forming fungi (paper mills/water systems)
• Soft rot (erwinia)

Registered target sites:

• Animal equipment
• Animal feeding/watering equipment
• Animal living quarters
• Artificial sand beaches
• Beekeeping equipment
• Boat bottoms
• Commercial egg treatment
• Cooling tower water
• Eating est food contact surfaces
• Eating est non-food contact surfaces
• Evaporative condenser water
• Fish hatcheries
• Fish processing equipment
• Fish, freshwater (excluding shellfish) (meat animal)
• Fish, saltwater (excluding shellfish) (meat animal)
• Fruit wash water
• Hemodialysis machines
• Hot tubs (outdoor) (water treatment)
• Human drinking water
• Marine lobster ponds (water treatment)
• Mushrooms (foliar treatment)
• Oyster ponds (water treatment)
• Pecans (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
• Pimentos (seed treatment)
• Ponds (ornamental) (fish)
• Potatoes (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
• Poultry drinking water
• Poultry feeding equipment
• Poultry house premises (enclosed premise treatment)
• Poultry watering equipment
• Pulp and paper mill systems
• Sewage systems
• Spas (outdoor) (water treatment)
• Sugar
• Sweet potatoes (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
• Swimming pool water
• Swimming pool water (winterizer)
• Tomatoes (seed treatment)
• Vegetable wash water
• Waste water systems
• Whirlpool bath water