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, bacteriocide, 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 132 sites including apples, artichokes, artificial sand beaches, asparagus, asphalt roofs, bathroom premises, beekeeping equipment, beverage plants, beverage processing equipment, and boat bottoms. It is also approved for 17 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 fouling organisms.

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
• Bacteriocide
• 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
• Fouling organisms
• Fruit decay
• Fungi
• Mold/mildew
• Slime
• Slime-forming bacteria
• Storage rot
• Wood rot/decay

Registered target sites:

• Apples (water treatment)
• Artichokes (water treatment)
• Artificial sand beaches
• Asparagus (water treatment)
• Asphalt roofs
• Bathroom premises
• Beekeeping equipment
• Beverage plants
• Beverage processing equipment
• Boat bottoms
• Boat/ship hulls/bottoms (primed/unprimed)(antifoul trt)
• Brewery process plant premises
• Brewery processing equipment
• Broccoli (water treatment)
• Brussels sprouts (water treatment)
• Cabbage (water treatment)
• Canneries
• Cannery cooling canal water
• Carrots (water treatment)
• Catch basins
• Cauliflower (water treatment)
• Ceilings
• Celery (water treatment)
• Cheese aging rooms
• Cheese plants
• Cheese processing equipment
• Cherries (water treatment)
• Cider mills
• Citrus (water application)
• Cooling tower water
• Creameries
• Cucumbers (water treatment)
• Dairies
• Dairy equipment (unspecified)
• Dairy processing plants (indoor edible)
• Eating est equipment
• Eating est food contact surfaces
• Eating est non-food contact surfaces
• Eating est premises (fogging)
• Eating est utensils
• Egg breaking equipment
• Egg process plant premises
• Egg processing equipment
• Egg processing water
• Equipment (unspecified)
• Evaporative condenser water
• Farm buildings (indoor)
• Farm premises (unspecified)
• Fish handling equipment
• Fish hatchery ponds (water treatment)
• Fish pond equipment
• Fish ponds (water treatment)
• Fish processing equipment
• Floors
• Food process plant premises
• Food process plant premises (fogging)
• Fruit wash water
• Grape juice plant premises
• Hard nonporous surface
• Hard porous surfaces
• Heat exchanger water
• Hemodialysis machines
• Hospital premises
• Hot tubs (outdoor) (water treatment)
• Human drinking water
• Ice cream plants
• Ice cream processing equipment
• Irrigation supply systems
• Irrigation systems
• Laundry (commercial)
• Laundry (household)
• Lettuce (water treatment)
• Locker rooms
• Marine lobster ponds (water treatment)
• Meat process plant premises
• Meat processing equipment
• Melons (water treatment)
• Milk process plant premises
• Milk processing equipment
• Mushroom house equipment
• Mushrooms (foliar treatment)
• Nectarines (water application)
• Onions (green) (water treatment)
• Oyster ponds (water treatment)
• Pasteurizers
• Peaches (water treatment)
• Pears (water application)
• Pecans (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
• Pecans (water treatment)
• Peppers (water treatment)
• Plums (water application)
• Potatoes (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
• Potatoes (water treatment)
• Poultry drinking water
• Poultry feeding equipment
• Poultry house premises (enclosed premise treatment)
• Poultry process plant premises
• Poultry watering equipment
• Pulp and paper mill fresh water
• Radishes (water treatment)
• Reservoirs (water treatment)
• Reservoirs (water) (potable)
• Restaurants
• Retort cooling water
• Roofs (wood)
• Sewage effluent water
• Sewage systems
• Siding
• Spas (outdoor) (water treatment)
• Spinach (water treatment)
• Stone fruits (water treatment)
• Storage premises
• Storage rooms
• Storage tanks
• Sugar beet processing water
• Sweet potatoes (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
• Swimming pool water
• Toilet bowls
• Toilets (exterior)
• Tomatoes (seed treatment)
• Tomatoes (water treatment)
• Transportation vehicles (nonfood/nonfeed)
• Trucks
• Urinals
• Utensils (unspecified)
• Vegetable wash water
• Vehicular holding tanks
• Water (potable)
• Whirlpool bath water
• Winery process plant premises
• Winery processing equipment
• Wood surfaces (seasoned/unpainted)