Limin becomes first enterprise under FAO mancozeb standard

In March 2021, Limin Group Co., Ltd completed the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) supplemental experimentation review of its mancozeb (TK) wettable powder, which is now officially recognized as an FAO standard. 

Limin won the competition against multinational companies and became the first enterprise under the new FAO mancozeb standard.

In 2016, Limin began to update the international standard of mancozeb. Beginning from Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council (CIPAC) analytical method, up to the FAO international standard, Limin could finally complete updating of the international standard for the product.

The initial CIPAC mancozeb analytical method is a chemical method. Limin has developed the HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography) method through technical innovation, having been granted a patent authorization (Patent No: CN201310305749.2). Compared with the old method, the HPLC method saves a large amount of manpower and material use, reduces environmental pollution and improves the accuracy and stability of analysis.

In the process of preparing the CIPAC method, Limin has already worked on updating of the FAO international standards. In 2017, Limin formally made a submission of mancozeb documents to the FAO. After the review at two session of the FAO / WHO JMPS, at the final review on the 18th JMPS, 2019, Limin stepped into the final review. Eventually, in this March, after smooth completion of the supplementary experimentation review, Limin became the first enterprise under the new FAO mancozeb standard.