On September 27, 2021, the South Korea National Institute of Environmental Research released Announcement 64 of 2021 to update the list of low-risk biocidal substances and 4 substances were newly included, namely Glycerol, sodium hydrogen carbonate, calcium carbonate, and sodium chloride.
Under the South Korean biocide regulation, if all biocidal substances used in a biocidal product are publicly announced to have low risk, the product can be approved with waived data requirements and the substance list will be renewed every 3 years.
List of 23 Low-risk Biocidal Substance
No. | Biocidal Active Substance | CAS Number |
1 | Lactic acid, C3H6O3 | 50-21-5 |
2 | Sodium acetate, C2H3NaO2 | 127-09-3 |
3 | Sodium benzoate, C7H5NaO2 | 532-32-1 |
4 | (+)Tartaric acid, C4H6O6 | 87-69-4 |
5 | Acetic acid, C2H4O2 | 64-19-7 |
6 | Propionic acid, C3H6O2 | 79-09-4 |
7 | Ascorbic acid, C6H8O6 | 50-81-7 |
8 | Linseed oil | 8001-26-1 |
9 | Lavender oil | 8000-28-0 |
10 | Peppermint oil | 8006-90-4 |
11 | 1-Octen-3-ol, C8H16O | 3391-86-4 |
12 | Webbing clothes moths pheromone |
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13 | Carbon dioxide, CO2 | 124-38-9 |
14 | Nitrogen, N2 | 7727-37-9 |
15 | (Z,E)-Tetradeca-9,12-dienyl acetate, C16H28O2 | 30507-70-1; |
16 | Baculovirus | |
17 | Bentonite | 1302-78-9 |
18 | Citronellal, C10H18O | 106-23-0 |
19 | Iron(II) sulphate | 7720-78-7; |
20 | Glycerol | 56-81-5 |
21 | Sodium hydrogen carbonate | 144-55-8 |
22 | Calcium carbonate | 471-34-1 |
23 | Sodium chloride | 7647-14-5 |
