This Malaysian Standard specifies a method for the evaluation of the biological efficacy of household insecticide products using the glass chamber method.
This test method provides a satisfactory means to determine the relative effectiveness of common household insecticide products, namely mosquito electric vapourising liquid, mosquito vapourising mat and mosquito coils against the Malaysian Standard Reference Product (MS Reference Product).
The method is suitable for testing the above insecticide products against mosquitoes.
NOTES:
1. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health measures, Good Laboratory Practice and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
2. As a biological test, it is subject to the variation that accompanies the reactions of living organisms. It should be employed under close supervision of personnel familiar with biological testing of insecticides.
3. In order to measure the effectiveness with reasonable tolerance, the test is performed in conjunction with a MS Reference Product that is described in the respective standard documents.
4. Owing to the faster knockdown nature of the commercially available aerosol as compared to other household insecticide products, the performance of aerosol should not be evaluated using a glass chamber.