ISO 1750

ISO 1750 is a standard issued and maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) which defines generic names (ie, names that are not trademarks) for pesticides and other agricultural chemicals. ISO names are widely used for regulatory purposes, and also in the scientific literature.

ISO names for pesticides serve a similar role to International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) for pharmaceuticals:

• they are relatively short, and so easily remembered and difficult to confuse with each other;
• they are not linked to any particular manufacturer or formulator;
• they are internationally standardized.

ISO 1750 was first issued in 1981, in English and French, and has been amended several times since then to add names for new products.

Further reading

• ISO 257:2004 Pesticides and other agrochemicals – Principles for the selection of common names
• ISO 765:1976 Pesticides considered not to require common names
• ISO 1750:1981 Pesticides and other agrochemicals – Common names
• ISO 1750:1981/Add.1:1983 Pesticides and other agrochemicals – Common names, Addendum 1
• ISO 1750:1981/Add.2:1983 Pesticides and other agrochemicals – Common names, Addendum 2
• ISO 1750:1981/Amd.1:1982 Pesticides and other agrochemicals – Common names, Amendment 1
• ISO 1750:1981/Amd.2:1999 Pesticides and other agrochemicals – Common names, Amendment 2
• ISO 1750:1981/Amd.3:2001 Pesticides and other agrochemicals – Common names, Amendment 3
• ISO 1750:1981/Amd.4:2008 Pesticides and other agrochemicals – Common names, Amendment 4
• ISO 1750:1981/Amd.5:2008 Pesticides and other agrochemicals – Common names, Amendment 5
• Manual on Development and Use of FAO and WHO Specifications for Pesticides; FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 173; Food and Agriculture Organization: Rome, 2002. ISBN 92-5-104857-6, <http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y4353e/y4353e00.htm#Contents>.