Biocidal Products Type 14: Rodenticides

What are Rodenticides?

Biocidal products are classified into 4 main groups and 22 types. One of the important main groups is Main Group 3: Pest control. Product type 14: Rodenticides are also included in this main group.

Rodenticides are used as food poisons or gases for the control of mice, rats and other rodents. As food poison, they are applied to maize, placed in a block of edible material or dispersed as a powder in areas where pests move.

Rodenticides are in most cases formulated as ready-to-use products such as loose baits based on grain or other vegetable matter, or as pellets, wax blocks or liquid poisons. Concentrates with the active ingredient in a suitable solvent mixed with a bait base at the location in question are also available on the market for specialized purposes.

Finally, some rodenticides are formulated as tracking powders (contact powders).

Efficacy and Uses of Rodenticides

Activity Mechanism

Rodenticides affect the physiology of rodents with fatal consequences. These products usually work in the following way:

Anticoagulants: Prevent blood clotting, causing internal bleeding.
Fast Acting Toxins: They act on the nervous system, causing rapid death.

Anticoagulant rodenticides are divided into two as first and second generation:

First Generation Anticoagulants: Contains substances such as warfarin, coumatetralil; requires long-term application.
Second Generation Anticoagulants: Contains substances such as brodifacoum, diphenacoum; gives faster and more effective results.

What are the Areas of Use?

Agriculture: Used in fields and warehouses to prevent crop loss.
Domestic Areas: Used to control rodent infestations in homes.
Industrial and Commercial Areas: Maintains hygiene in factories, warehouses, restaurants and food production facilities.
Municipal and Public Spaces: Used for rodent control in parks, sewers and other open areas.

Safety Assessment of Rodenticides

Human and Environmental Safety: Rodenticides should be used with caution as they contain toxic compounds. Misuse can pose serious risks to children, pets and other wildlife. Environmental risks include contamination of ground and surface water and exposure to non-target organisms.

Safety Precautions: Products should only be applied in accordance with the instructions for use.

Use of Protective Equipment: It is recommended that applicators wear protective equipment such as gloves and masks.
Targeted Use: Should only be used in areas accessible to rodents.
Closed Systems: Special bait stations should be used to prevent contact of the poison with other organisms.

Toxicology Assessment: Acute, subacute and chronic toxicity levels of rodenticides are studied to assess their effects on humans and animals.

LD50 (Lethal Dose 50): Used to determine the toxicity level of the product.

Regulations and Approval: In the European Union, rodenticides are evaluated and approved under the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU BPR No 528/2012). Efficacy tests and environmental impacts are evaluated and the product is authorized for use. In Turkey, the licensing of rodenticides is carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Nanolab Laboratories Group continues to provide services within the scope of Biocidal Efficacy Tests. We also provide services in Irritation Tests.

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