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Disinfectants approved for use in England, Scotland and Wales

The Disinfectants approval scheme is underpinned by the legislation The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (England) Order 2007 (legislation.gov.uk).

The table below displays approved disinfectant products and their approved dilution rates for statutory use. Read the guidance on Defra-approved disinfectants.

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Warning This page was last updated at 12:30am (GMT+00:00) on Thursday 7 November 2024.

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Chemical groups

* = Number of millilitres of water to one gram disinfectant
All other approval rates are displayed as number of millilitres of water to be added to one part disinfectant, where one part disinfectant = 1 millilitre

Disinfectant name Company name and address Chemical group Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO) Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO) Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM) Tuberculosis Orders (TBO) General Orders (GO)
Bi-OO-Cyst Antec International Limited
Windham Road Chilton Industrial Estate Sudbury CO10 2XD
Phenolic chlorinated 1000 50 125 15 50
Bi-OO-Cyst Biolink Limited
1 Narvik Road Sutton Fields Industrial Estate Hull HU7 0AB
Phenolic chlorinated 1000 50 125 15 50
Bimodex Bimeda
Unit 2-4 Airton Close Tallaght Dublin 24 Ireland
Iodine compound 550 100 65 14 49
Bio-Kill Biolink Limited
1 Narvik Road Sutton Fields Industrial Estate Hull HU7 0AB
Hydrogen peroxide; Iodine compound; Peroxomonosulphate 140 Not approved 180 Not approved 160
Bio-VX Biolink Limited
1 Narvik Road Sutton Fields Industrial Estate Hull HU7 0AB
Peroxomonosulphate 1200 * 100 * 200 * Not approved 85 *
Bio-VX Antec International Limited
Windham Road Chilton Industrial Estate Sudbury CO10 2XD
Peroxomonosulphate 1200 * 100 * 200 * Not approved 85 *
BioBacto Biolink Limited
1 Narvik Road Sutton Fields Industrial Estate Hull HU7 0AB
Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC), including Alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) Not approved Not approved Not approved Not approved 6
BioChlor 200 Antec International Limited
Windham Road Chilton Industrial Estate Sudbury CO10 2XD
Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) 424 * 317 * 350 * 12 * 360 *
BioChlor 500 Antec International Limited
Windham Road Chilton Industrial Estate Sudbury CO10 2XD
Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) 424 * 317 * 350 * 12 * 360 *
Biocid 30 Zoetis Belgium SA
Mercuriusstraat 20 B-1930 Zaventem Belgium
Iodine compound 550 100 65 14 49
BioPhen Biolink Limited
1 Narvik Road Sutton Fields Industrial Estate Hull HU7 0AB
Amphoteric; Phenolic non-chlorinated Not approved Not approved 15 Not approved 10
BioPhen Xtra Biolink Limited
1 Narvik Road Sutton Fields Industrial Estate Hull HU7 0AB
Phenolic chlorinated 1100 50 Approval suspended 10 30
BioShield P Biolink Limited
1 Narvik Road Sutton Fields Industrial Estate Hull HU7 0AB
Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC), including Alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC); Aldehyde 60 Not approved 80 Not approved 40
BIOSPOT Hydrachem Limited
Unit 11, Gillmans Industrial Estate Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9EZ
Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) 424 * 317 * 350 * 12 * 360 *
Blitz Downland Marketing Ltd
Warwick Business Centre, Warwick Bridge Carlisle, Cumbria CA4 8RR
Peracetic acid (PA) 800 25 145 Not approved 256

Disinfectant enquiries

Email   disinfectant@apha.gov.uk   for further information.


Published 21 October 2024
Last Updated 7 November 2024