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Notes from the lab.
Market28 October 2026
Biocide advertising rules: what Article 72 asks of sellers
Biocide advertising rules under Article 72 of the BPR: the two set sentences, the banned wording, and what web shops and distributors should check.
Market22 October 2026
Biocide notification: Germany, France and Norway compared
Biocide notification differs by country. What Germany, France and Norway ask before a repellent reaches the shelf, and what distributors should check.
Market8 October 2026
Pest control file: recording a repellent for BRCGS and IFS
What BRCGS and IFS auditors expect in the pest control file, and how a contractor records a repellent treatment: site plan, margins and report fields.
Market24 September 2026
Integrated pest management in hotels: rooms, routes, luggage
Integrated pest management in hotels starts in housekeeping: checks at every room change, the luggage areas, and where a treated surface layer fits.
Market3 September 2026
White label insect repellent: what brands need for the EU
A white label insect repellent needs more than a logo: formulation, files per market, label artwork, packaging and minimums, in the order you meet them.
Market12 August 2026
PT19 vs PT18: repellents and insecticides under the BPR
PT19 vs PT18: why a repellent and an insecticide fall under different BPR product types, and what that means for labels, claims and sales in retail.
Market16 July 2026
Water-based formulations and the pressure on solvent sprays
Why solvent-heavy surface sprays are under pressure in Europe, and how water-based formulations carry oily actives in a formula that is mostly water.
Regulation19 March 2026
Geraniol insect repellents and the EU BPR: what changed in 2026 and what follows in 2027
The transitional period for geraniol-containing biocidal products in the EU ended on 30 April 2026. What that means for anyone distributing or selling repellents and insecticides that relied on it.
Science27 August 2025
Sprays, nets and candles: how a treated surface compares
Every familiar way of dealing with insects has a catch. How a repellent surface treatment compares with the methods most people already use.
Market27 August 2025
Airports and insects: treating the edges of a building that never closes
An airport cannot shut a terminal for pest control. Treating the routes insects use, on a cycle, fits around operations instead of interrupting them.
Market27 August 2025
Insects in hospitals: a surface routine alongside hygiene
A hospital cannot close a ward for a fumigation. A preventive surface treatment, scheduled inside the cleaning programme, fits the way hospitals already work.
Market18 August 2025
Grocery stores: keeping insects off the routes without spraying the aisles
Fruit flies by the produce, cockroaches in the stockroom: a food store cannot spray its way out. A treated perimeter fits inside the cleaning programme instead.
Science18 August 2025
The impact of insecticides on soil health
Soil is rarely the first thing that comes to mind in insect control. It should be closer to the front.
Market3 February 2021
Affix Labs wins Value to Society at the CHEManager Innovation Pitch
In January 2021 an expert jury named Affix Labs the Value to Society winner among the 22 start-ups CHEManager presented during 2020.
Market29 November 2020
Repeltec, Waste2Wear and Logonet make uniforms for the rangers of Gombe
In 2020 three companies from the textile chain donated insect repellent uniforms, made from recycled bottles, to the Jane Goodall Institute's rangers in Gombe, Tanzania.