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Harmful organism
under the Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules 2019, this means an organism that has an unwanted presence or a detrimental effect on humans, human activities, products used or produced by humans, or the environment.
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The term 'harmful organism' is mentioned in the Rules in the context of 'biocidal active', which means an industrial chemical that is intended to act by chemical means on or against a harmful organism by destroying, deterring, rendering harmless, preventing the action of, or otherwise exerting a controlling effect on, the harmful organism.