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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 11:50pm (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)
Halamid® Alliance Chemicals Limited
Old Walls, Chapel Lane Penselwood Somerset BA9 8LY
Amphoteric Not approved Not approved 150 * Not approved 300 *
Halamid® Axcentive SARL
Chemin de Champouse 13320 Bouc Bel Air FRANCE
Amphoteric Not approved Not approved 150 * Not approved 300 *
Halamid® Pharmaq Ltd
Unit 15 Sandlehealth Industrial Estate Fordingbridge Hampshire SP6 1PA
Amphoteric Not approved Not approved 150 * Not approved 300 *
Hatch Shield Biolink Limited
1 Narvik Road Sutton Fields Industrial Estate Hull HU7 0AB
Amphoteric; Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC), including Alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) Not approved Not approved Not approved Not approved 15
Hemexol Virucidal Powder Heaton (Export & Marketing) Ltd
Central Hall, Oldham Road Ripponden Halifax HX6 4DN
Peroxomonosulphate 1300 Not approved 300 Not approved Not approved
High Power Sanitising Tablets 3.25g Cleenol Group Limited
Neville House Beaumont Road Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 1RB
Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) 424 * 317 * 350 * 12 * 360 *
HPPA Kilco [International] Ltd - group KERSIA
Broomhouses 2 Industrial Estate Old Glasgow Road Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway DG11 2SD
Hydrogen peroxide; Iodine compound; Peroxomonosulphate 150 30 200 Not approved 190
Huwa-San TR-50 ROAM Technology NV
Industriezone Poort Genk 6835 Geleenlaan 24 3600 Genk Belgium
Hydrogen peroxide; Iodine compound 5.25 Not approved 1 Not approved 15.66
Hyperox Antec International Limited
Windham Road Chilton Industrial Estate Sudbury CO10 2XD
Hydrogen peroxide; Iodine compound; Peroxomonosulphate 150 Not approved 125 Not approved 180
Hyspray PA 5 Hypred SA - group KERSIA
55 Boulevard Jules Verger BP 10180 35803 Dinard Cedex France
Hydrogen peroxide; Iodine compound; Peroxomonosulphate 99 Not approved 139 Not approved 158

Disinfectant enquiries

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


Published 21 October 2024
Last Updated 6 November 2024