IS 8708: Mancozeb Wettable powder

2006·0.99 MB·English

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IS 8708 (2006): Mancozeb Wettable powder [FAD 1: Pesticides
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Indian Standard
MANCOZEB WETTABLE POWDER —
SPECIFICATION
(First Revision)
ICS 65.100.30

0 BIS2006
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002

,Yeptember 2006 Price Group 1
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Pesticides and Pesticides Residue Analysis Sectional Committee, FAD 1
FO~WORD
This Indian Standard (First Revision) wasadopted bythe Bureau ofIndian Standards, afier the drafi finalizedby
thePesticides andPesticides ResidueAnalysisSectionalCommitteehadbeenapproved bytheFoodandAgriculture
Division Council.
Mancozeb wettable powder islargely used for the control of fingus and bacterial diseases of plants.
Mancozeb wettable powder is generally manufactured to contain 75 percent (tire) of mancozeb.
in the preparation of this standard, due consideration has been given to the provisions of the Insecticides Act,
1968 and the Rules framed thereunder. However, this standard issubject to the restrictions imposed under the
Insecticides Act and Rules, wherever applicable.
For the-purpose of deciding whether aparticular requirement ofthis standard is complied with, the final value,
observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance
with 1S2: 1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values (revised’. The number of significant places retained
inthe rounded off value should be the same asthat ofthe specified value inthis standard.
IS 8708:2006
Indian Standard
MANCOZEB WETTABLE POWDER —
SPECIFICATION
(First Revision)
1 SCOPE powder,yellow/yellowishgreeninCO1OWan,dshallwet
readily on mixing with water provi-dinga suspension
This standard prescribes the requirements and the
suitable foruse asaspray.
methods of sampling and test for mancozeb wettable
powder. 3.2.2 Sieving Requirement
Whendetermined bythemethod specified inIS6940,
2 REFERENCES
the amount of material passing through 45 micron
The following standards contain provisions which, IS sieve [see IS 460 (Part 1)] shall not be less than
through reference inthis text, constitute provisions of 99 percent by mass.
this standard, At the time of publication, the editions
3.2.3 Suspensibili~
indicated were valid. All standards are subject to
revision and parties to agreements based on this The suspensibility shallnotbe lessthan 50percent by
standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility mass, when tested by the method specified in 11.2 of
of applying the most recent editions of the standards IS 6940.
indicated below:
3.2.4 Wettabili@
IS No. Title
The time when the whole material gets completely
460 (Part 1): Test sieves: Part 1 Wirs cloth test
submerged inwater shallnotexceed 120s whentested
1985 sieves (third revisjon)
bythe method specified in 11.4 of IS 6940.
1070: 992 Reagent grade water (third revision)
6940: 982 Methods of test for pesticides and 3.3 Chemical
their formulations @rst revision)
Thematerialshallcomplywiththechemicalrequirements
8069: 989 High density polyethylene (HDPE) specified in3.3.1, 3.3.2 and 3.3.3.
woven sacks for packing pesticides
(second revision ) 3.3.1 Mancozeb Content

8190(Part l): Requirementforpackingofpesticides When determined by ‘the method prescribed in
1988 Part I Solid pesticides (second Annex AofIS 8707, the observed mancozeb content
revjsion) (m/m) ofanysample shallnotdiffer fromthedeclared
8707:1978 Mancozeb, technical nominal valuebymore than thetolerance limits given
10627:1983 Methods for sampling of pesticidal below:
formulations
Nominal Value, Percent Tolerance Ljmit,
3 REQU~EMENTS Percent of the Nominal
Value
3.1 Constituents
+10
3.1.1 Thematerial shallconsistofmancozeb, technical up to 9 –5
with suitable carrier(s), stab”i!izer(s) and other Above 9and below 50 *5
forrnulant(s).
+5
50and above
–3
3.1.2 Mancozeb,technical,employedintheformulation
of this material shall conform to IS 8707.
3.3.2 Zinc Content
3.2 Physical When tested bythe method prescribed inAnnex Bof
IS 8707, the observed zinc content (m/m) of any
3.2.1 Description
sample shall not be less than 2.5 percent by mass of
The material shall be in the form of a homogeneous mancozeb.
1S8708:2006
3.3.3 Manganese Content 5.2 BIS Certification Marking
When tested bythe method prescribed inAnnex C of The product may also be marked with the Standard
1S8707,theobserved manganese content (m/m)ofany Mark.
sample shall not be lessthan 20 percent ofmancozeb.
5.2.1 The use of the Standard Mark is governed by
4 PACKING ~heprovisions of theBureau ofIndian Standards Act,
Thematerial shallbepacked incleananddrycontainers 1986 andtheRules and Regulations made thereunder.
made of mild steel or tinplate, or fibre board, with a The details of conditions under which the Iicence for
polyethylene liner ofthickness not less than 0.062 m. the use of the Standard Mark may be granted to
The containers shall also comply with general manufacturers orproducers maybe obtained from the
requirements as given in2of 1S8190 (Part 1). Bureau of Indian Standards.
Theproduct mayalsobepacked inHDPEwovensacks
6 SAMPLING
of capacity 5 kg, 10 kg, 25 kg and 50 kg only. The
requirements of HDPE woven sacks shall be as per When freshly manufactured material inbulk quantity
IS 8069. The bulk packing shall only be used for and/or the retail pack of the formubted product is/
packing ofthe product inapp~evedsizesforbulksale. are offered for inspection, representative sample of
the material shall be drawn and tested as prescribed
The product mayalsobepacked in 100g,250 g,500 g
inIS 10627 and iftested within 90 days of itsdate of
and 1kg intrilaminated pouch made from 12micron
manufacture, the-criteria for conformity -shallbe the
PET/9 micron aluminium foil/Min 300 gauge LDPE
which shall be further packed in 5-ply corrugated contents in percent (m/m), shall not be less than the
fibreboard boxes. declared nominal value. The upper limit for
conformity shall be the same asthose given in 3.3.1
5 MARKING ofthis standard.
5.1 The containers shall be securely closed and shall
When the material is offered for inspection afier 90
bear legibly and indelibly the following information,
days of its manufacture, sampling shall be done as
in addition to the information as is necessary under
prescribed in IS 10627, however, the criteria for
thetnsectjcides Act. 1968andRulesframedthereunder:
conformity of the material, when tested, shall be the
a) Name of the-material; limits of tolerances, as applicable over Ihe declared
b) Indication ofthe source ofmanufacture; nominal value andgiven under 3.3.1 ofthis standard.
c) Batch numbe~
7 TESTS
d) Date of manufacture;

e) Date of expiry; 7.1 Tests shall be carried out by the appropriate

methods referred to in3.2.2 to 3.2.4 and 3.3.1, 3.3.2
o Net mass;
and3.3.3.
g) Mancozeb content, percent (m/m);
h) The cautionary notice as worded in 7.2 Quality of Reagents
Insecticides Act, 1968 and Rules framed
thereunder; and Unlessspecifiedotherwise,purechemicalsanddistilled
water (see IS 1070)shall be employed inthe tests.
j) Any other information required under the
Standar& of Weights and Measures (Pacbged NOTE — ‘Pure chemicals’ shall mean chemicals that do not
Commodi~) Rules, 1977. contain impurities which affect the results of analysis.

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