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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.

Learn more about the approval categories

The relevant laws on disinfectant use are called disease orders. There are 4 specific disease orders for the following diseases:

A general order (GO) is issued to control an outbreak of notifiable disease not covered by FMDO, SVDO, DoP, TBO. For more information please see Notifiable diseases in animals (opens in a new tab).

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Published 23 October 2024
Last updated 17 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)
Disinfectant name, company name and address
Halamid® Alliance Chemicals Limited Old Walls, Chapel Lane Penselwood Somerset BA9 8LY
Chemical group
Amphoteric
Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO)
Not approved
Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO)
Not approved
Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM)
150 *
Tuberculosis Orders (TBO)
Not approved
General Orders (GO)
300 *
Disinfectant name, company name and address
Halamid® Axcentive SARL Chemin de Champouse 13320 Bouc Bel Air FRANCE
Chemical group
Amphoteric
Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO)
Not approved
Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO)
Not approved
Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM)
150 *
Tuberculosis Orders (TBO)
Not approved
General Orders (GO)
300 *
Disinfectant name, company name and address
Halamid® Pharmaq Ltd Unit 15 Sandlehealth Industrial Estate Fordingbridge Hampshire SP6 1PA
Chemical group
Amphoteric
Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO)
Not approved
Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO)
Not approved
Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM)
150 *
Tuberculosis Orders (TBO)
Not approved
General Orders (GO)
300 *
Disinfectant name, company name and address
Hatch Shield Biolink Limited 1 Narvik Road Sutton Fields Industrial Estate Hull HU7 0AB
Chemical group
Amphoteric; Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC), including Alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC)
Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO)
Not approved
Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO)
Not approved
Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM)
Not approved
Tuberculosis Orders (TBO)
Not approved
General Orders (GO)
15
Disinfectant name, company name and address
Hemexol Virucidal Powder Heaton (Export & Marketing) Ltd Central Hall, Oldham Road Ripponden Halifax HX6 4DN
Chemical group
Peroxomonosulphate
Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO)
1300
Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO)
Not approved
Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM)
300
Tuberculosis Orders (TBO)
Not approved
General Orders (GO)
Not approved
Disinfectant name, company name and address
High Power Sanitising Tablets 3.25g Cleenol Group Limited Neville House Beaumont Road Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 1RB
Chemical group
Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC)
Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO)
424 *
Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO)
317 *
Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM)
350 *
Tuberculosis Orders (TBO)
12 *
General Orders (GO)
360 *
Disinfectant name, company name and address
HPPA Kilco [International] Ltd - group KERSIA Broomhouses 2 Industrial Estate Old Glasgow Road Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway DG11 2SD
Chemical group
Hydrogen peroxide; Peracetic acid (PA)
Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO)
150
Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO)
30
Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM)
200
Tuberculosis Orders (TBO)
Not approved
General Orders (GO)
190
Disinfectant name, company name and address
Huwa-San TR-20 ROAM Technology NV Industriezone Poort Genk 6835,Geleenlaan 24,3600 Genk,Belgium
Chemical group
Hydrogen peroxide
Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO)
Not approved
Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO)
Not approved
Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM)
Not approved
Tuberculosis Orders (TBO)
Not approved
General Orders (GO)
5.57
Disinfectant name, company name and address
Huwa-San TR-50 ROAM Technology NV Industriezone Poort Genk 6835 Geleenlaan 24 3600 Genk Belgium
Chemical group
Hydrogen peroxide
Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO)
5.25
Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO)
Not approved
Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM)
1
Tuberculosis Orders (TBO)
Not approved
General Orders (GO)
15.66
Disinfectant name, company name and address
Hyperox Antec International Limited Windham Road Chilton Industrial Estate Sudbury CO10 2XD
Chemical group
Hydrogen peroxide; Peracetic acid (PA)
Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO)
150
Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO)
Not approved
Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM)
125
Tuberculosis Orders (TBO)
Not approved
General Orders (GO)
180
Disinfectant name, company name and address
Hyspray PA 5 Hypred SA - group KERSIA 55 Boulevard Jules Verger BP 10180 35803 Dinard Cedex France
Chemical group
Hydrogen peroxide; Peracetic acid (PA)
Foot and Mouth Disease Orders (FMDO)
99
Swine Vesicular Disease Orders (SVDO)
Not approved
Diseases of Poultry Order and the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals Order (DoP, AI & IAOM)
139
Tuberculosis Orders (TBO)
Not approved
General Orders (GO)
158

Published 23 October 2024
Last updated 17 November 2024