BS 5202-11:1983

This standard BS 5202-11:1983 Methods for chemical analysis of tobacco and tobacco products is classified in these ICS categories:

• 65.160 Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment

This International Standard specifies a molecular absorption spectrometric method for the determination of residues from pesticides of the dithiocarbamate type on tobacco and tobacco products.

The method is applicable to the determination, on tobacco and tobacco products, of residues from the dithiocarbamate pesticides commonly used on tobacco crops.

Reduction to produce carbon disulphide which is determined spectrometrically.