Chlorine Materials | Agricultural Marketing Service

Scope

Crops

Status

Complete

NOSB Review Documents

1995 NOSB review for addition to §205.601 for use as a sanitizer and disinfectant (calcium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, sodium hypochlorite)
1995 Technical Advisory Panel (pdf)
November 1995 NOSB Recommendation (pdf) (page 18-19) (calcium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, sodium hypochlorite)
2006 Technical Report (pdf)
2011 NOSB review to change §205.601 annotation (calcium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, sodium hypochlorite)
2011 Technical Report (pdf)
April 2011 NOSB Subcommittee Proposal (pdf) (calcium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, sodium hypochlorite)
April 2011 NOSB Recommendation (pdf) (calcium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, sodium hypochlorite)
April 2012 Petition (pdf) requesting addition to §205.609 for use as a disinfectant (aquaculture)
May 2014 NOSB Subcommittee Proposal (pdf) (aquaculture)
April 2015 NOSB Subcommittee Discussion Document (pdf) (aquaculture) (livestock)
April 2015 NOSB Recommendation: none, postponed by NOSB (aquaculture)
May 2015 Petition (pdf) requesting addition to §205.601 for use as a sanitizer and disinfectant (hypochlorous acid)
April 2016 NOSB Subcommittee Proposal (pdf) (page 291-298) (hypochlorous acid)
April 2016 NOSB Recommendation (pdf) (hypochlorous acid)
March 2019 Petition (pdf) requesting addition to §205.601 for use as a algicide, disinfectant, and sanitizer (bacterial and algae growth in irrigation water) (potassium hypochlorite)
March 2019 Addendum #1 (pdf) (potassium hypochlorite)
October 2019 NOSB Subcommittee Proposal (pdf) (potassium hypochlorite)
October 2019 NOSB Recommendation (pdf) (potassium hypochlorite)

Rulemaking

Added to the National List, §205.601(a), effective April 21, 2001 (65 FR 80548, 66 FR 15619) (calcium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, sodium hypochlorite)
Annotation change, effective June 27, 2012 (77 FR 33290) (calcium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, sodium hypochlorite)
Not recommended for rulemaking by NOSB (aquaculture)
Added to the National List, §205.601(a), effective January 28, 2019 (83 FR 66559) (hypochlorous acid)
Added to the National List, §205.601(a), effective April 22, 2022 (87 FR 16371) (potassium hypochlorite)

Related Terms

Calcium hypochlorite: Bleach; Calcium hypchloride; Calcium oxychloride; Chloride of lime; Chlorinated lime; HTH; Hy-chlor; Hypochlorous acid, calcium salt; Lime chloride. Chlorine dioxide: Chlorine (IV) oxide; Chlorine oxide; Chlorine peroxide; Chloroperoxide; Chloriperoxyl; Chloryl radical. Hypochlorous acid: Bleach; Chloranol; Electrolysed water; Electrolyzed water; Electrochemical activation of sodium chloride and water; Hydroxidochlorine; Hypochloric(I) acid. Potassium hypochlorite: Hypochlorous acid, potassium salt; Potassium chloride oxide. Sodium hypochlorite: Bleach; Chlorox; Clorox; Hychlorite; Liquid bleach; Sodium oxychloride.

Date Updated

04/05/2024