BVN PESTICIDES LTD. LABORATORY SERVICES

The Laboratory received its operating licence for the provision of services on 26 April 2019 (NÉBIH [National Food Chain Safety Office] registration number: HE/ÉBÁO/25-67/2019). We provide services in three main areas:

I. Laboratory testing to determine the data to be submitted for the licensing of products with plant protection effects that do not qualify as plant protection products, protective substances, synergists, excipients, adjuvants, equipment and materials used in plant protection, and macro-organisms (Annex 9 to Decree 89/2004 of 15 May of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development). The laboratory measures the physical, chemical, and technical parameters of these products. These include the following:

Appearance
Colour according to the EPA OPPTS 830.6302 testing method
Odour according to the EPA OPPTS 830.6304 testing method
State according to the EPA OPPTS 830.6303 testing method
Explosive and oxidisation properties
Explosivity according to the EGK A14 testing method
pH
according to the CIPAC MT75.3 testing method
Viscosity
according to the CIPAC MT192 testing method
Relative density
according to the EGK A3 testing method
Corrosive effects
Packaging stability according to the EPA OPPTS 830.6320 testing method
Storage stability and shelf life
Storage stability at high temperatures
(54°C for 14 days)
according to the CIPAC MT46.3 testing method
Storage stability at low temperatures
(0°C for 1 week)
according to the CIPAC MT39.3 testing method
Shelf life
(at ambient air temperature for 2 years)
CropLife International, 2009. Technical Monograph N o 17.
Guidelines for Specifying the
Shelf Life of Plant Protection Products.
Physical and chemical compatibility with
the products recommended for joint use
according to the ASTM E1518-05 testing method

II.Compulsory laboratory testing in connection with the manufacturing of existing products (Annex 9 to Decree 89/2004 of 15 May of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development), in addition to the tests under point I. :

Foaming power according to the CIPAC MT 47 testing method
Dispersion spontaneity according to the CIPAC MT 160 testing method
Suspensibility according to the CIPAC MT 184 testing method
Dispersion stability according to the CIPAC MT 180 testing method
Dilution stability according to the CIPAC MT 41 testing method
Wet sieve test according to the CIPAC MT 185 testing method
Laser diffraction particle size distribution according to the CIPAC MT 187 testing method
Emulsifiability, re-emulsifiability, emulsion stability according to the CIPAC MT 36 testing method
Diluted emulsion stability according to the CIPAC MT 173 testing method
Pourability according to the CIPAC MT 148 testing method
Determination of active substance content
      sulphur CIPAC Handbook E p. 202.
      copper hydroxide CIPAC Handbook E p. 46.
      captan CIPAC Handbook 1C p. 2013
      tebuconazole CIPAC Handbook H p. 261.
      vegetable oil Supelco Bulletin 787D
      fatty acid composition MSZ EN ISO 12966-4:2015
      total polyphenols ISO 14502-1:2005

III. Inspections of pesticide residues:

Copper residue
MSZ 08-1783-10:1983

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