Pittabs

Label & SDS

EPA Label: link

Registration information

• U.S. EPA Registration number: 748-138
• U.S. EPA Status: ACTIVE

Description

'Pittabs' is an algaecide, bacteriocide, disinfectant, fungicide/fungistat, microbicide/microbistat, sanitizer, and virucide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 748-138. It was originally approved by EPA on 04 Apr 1956. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Calcium hypochlorite. It's approved for 79 sites including animal feeding/watering equipment, animal transportation vehicles, artificial sand beaches, barns, beekeeping equipment, beverage process plant premises, beverage processing equipment, boat bottoms, boiler rooms, and bottling process plant premises. It is also approved for 13 pests and pest groups including but not limited to algae, animal pathogenic bacteria, animal pathogenic fungi, bacterial blotch of mushroom, bacterial spot of tomatoes, black algae, ipomoea, legionella pneumophila, mold/mildew, and no pest.

Original registration date:

• 04 Apr 1956

Cancellation date:

• n/a

Alternative names:

• INDUTABS-INDUCLOR CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE TABLETSAlternate
• PITTABSActive

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
• Bacteriocide
• Disinfectant
• Fungicide/fungistat
• Microbicide/microbistat
• Sanitizer
• Virucide

Formulation:

• Pelleted/Tableted

Registered target pests:

• Algae
• Animal pathogenic bacteria (g- and g+ vegetative)
• Animal pathogenic fungi
• Bacterial blotch of mushroom
• Bacterial spot of tomatoes
• Black algae
• Ipomoea
• Legionella pneumophila
• Mold/mildew
• No pest
• Plant pathogen sanitation
• Pseudomonas spp.
• Slime-forming bacteria

Registered target sites:

• Animal feeding/watering equipment
• Animal transportation vehicles
• Artificial sand beaches
• Barns (indoor)
• Beekeeping equipment
• Beverage process plant premises
• Beverage processing equipment
• Boat bottoms
• Boiler rooms (bait application)
• Bottling process plant premises
• Canneries
• Cheese aging rooms
• Cheese plants
• Cheese processing plant storage areas
• Cider mills
• Commercial and industrial water cooling tower systems
• Commercial egg treatment
• Cooling tower water
• Dairy processing plants (indoor inedible)
• Eating est food contact surfaces
• Eating est non-food contact surfaces
• Egg processing plants
• Egg processing water
• Evaporative condenser water systems
• Farm premises (unspecified)
• Fish hatcheries
• Fish pond equipment
• Fish processing water
• Floors
• Food contact utensils
• Food process plant premises
• Food processing water
• Fruit process plant premises
• Fruit wash water
• Grape juice plant premises
• Grape juice processing equipment
• Heat exchanger water systems
• Hemodialysis machines
• Hot tubs (water treatment)
• Human drink water equipment
• Human drinking water
• Human drinking water systems (potable)
• Ice cream plants
• Industrial processing water
• Industrial water (unspecified)
• Irrigation supply systems (water treatment)
• Livestock pens (enclosed premise treatment)
• Livestock stalls (enclosed premise treatment)
• Locker room premises
• Meat processing equipment
• Milk process plant premises
• Milk processing water
• Mushroom house premises
• Ornamental ponds, fountains and aquaria
• Oyster ponds (water treatment)
• Pecan cracking equipment
• Pecans (water treatment)
• Potatoes (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
• Poultry feeding equipment
• Poultry meat processing plants
• Poultry watering equipment
• Pulp and paper mill fresh water
• Pulp and paper mill systems
• Reservoirs (water) (potable)
• Retort cooling water
• Seeds (agricultural and ornamental) (seed treatment)
• Septic tanks (water treatment)
• Sewage effluent water
• Sewage systems
• Shower room premises
• Siding
• Spas (water treatment)
• Sweet potatoes (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
• Swimming pool water
• Trucks
• Vegetable process plant premises
• Vegetable wash water
• Whirlpool bath water
• Wineries and wine cellars