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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 11:40pm (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)
J S Chlorine Tablets Stonehouse Tablet Manufacturing Company Ltd
Nottingham Road Attenborough Nottingham NG9 6DT
Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) 299 * 299 * 449 * Not approved Not approved
JCB 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
Jet 5 Certis
1B Mills way Boscombe down Business Park Amesbury, Wiltshire SP4 7RX
Peracetic acid (PA) 800 25 145 Not approved 256
Jeyes Fluid Outdoor Cleaner Original Multi-Use New Formula Henkel Ltd
Wood Lane End Hemel Hempstead Herts HP2 4RQ
Other acidic biocide; Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC), including Alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) Not approved Not approved 3 Not approved 3
Jeyes Fluid The Original Outdoor Cleaner Multi Use Henkel Ltd
Wood Lane End Hemel Hempstead Herts HP2 4RQ
Other acidic biocide; Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC), including Alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) Not approved Not approved 3 Not approved 3

Disinfectant enquiries

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


Published 21 October 2024
Last Updated 6 November 2024