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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 11:10pm (GMT+00:00) on Wednesday 6 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)
Cekocide Heaton (Export & Marketing) Ltd
Central Hall, Oldham Road Ripponden Halifax HX6 4DN
Peroxomonosulphate 1300 Not approved 300 Not approved Not approved
Cleanzar Certis
1B Mills way Boscombe down Business Park Amesbury, Wiltshire SP4 7RX
Peracetic acid (PA) 800 25 145 Not approved 256
Clinidox GEA Farm Technologies (UK) Ltd
Wylye Works Watery Lane, Bishopstrow Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 9HT
Peracetic acid (PA) 800 25 145 Not approved 256
Concentrated One Chem Outdoor Fluid Assured Products Ltd
Unit 16-17 Hawkley Brook Trading Estate Worthington Way Wigan WN3 6XE
Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC), including Alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) Not approved Not approved 1 Not approved Approval suspended
Coxicur Rumenco Ltd
Stretton House, Derby Road Burton on Trent, Staffordshire DE14 0DW
Phenolic chlorinated 1000 50 125 15 50
Credence 1000 Anpario
Unit 5, Manton Wood Enterprise Park Worksop Nottinghamshire S80 2RS
Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) 299 * 299 * 299 * 74 * 299 *
Creolin ECO Coventry Chemicals Ltd
Woodhams Road Siskin Drive Coventry CV3 4FX
Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC), including Alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) Not approved Not approved 1 Not approved Approval suspended
Cyclex Kilco [International] Ltd - group KERSIA
Broomhouses 2 Industrial Estate Old Glasgow Road Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway DG11 2SD
Other acidic biocide; Phenolic chlorinated Not approved Not approved 24 Not approved 24

Disinfectant enquiries

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


Published 21 October 2024
Last Updated 6 November 2024