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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 11:00pm (GMT+00:00) on Wednesday 6 November 2024.

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* = 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)
Parvocide Coventry Chemicals Limited
Woodhams Road Siskin Drive Coventry CV3 4FX
Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC), including Alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC); Aldehyde 60 100 90 Not approved 45
Pearson's Black Fluid 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
Pearson's Trade Black Fluid 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
Pearsons Black Disinfectant 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
Peracide Disinfectant Tablets Sky Chemicals (UK) Ltd
Unit 12 Sheffield Design Studio 40 Ball Street Sheffield S3 8DB
Peracetic acid (PA) Not approved Not approved Approval suspended Not approved Approval suspended
PeraDis TM DeLaval NV
Industriepark - Drongen 10 B-9031 Gent Belgium B-9031
Peracetic acid (PA) 800 Not approved Not approved Not approved 250
Perapharm East Riding Farm Services Ltd
Pexton House, Pexton Road Kelleythorpe Driffield YO25 9DJ
Hydrogen peroxide; Iodine compound; Peroxomonosulphate 150 30 200 Not approved 190
Perasol Bowden & Knights Ltd
Unit 6 Dolphin Business Park Shadwell, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2RY
Hydrogen peroxide; Iodine compound; Peroxomonosulphate 150 30 200 Not approved 190
Perbac Agri Holchem Laboratories Ltd - Group KERSIA
Gateway House Pilsworth Road, Pilsworth Industrial Estate Bury BL9 8RD
Peracetic acid (PA) 800 25 145 Not approved 145
Peroxiflo Oxiflo Limited
Office M, 11-17 Fowler Road Hainault Business Park, Ilford Essex IG6 3UJ
Peracetic acid (PA) 800 25 145 Not approved 256
Peroxy Disinfectant Evans Vanodine International Plc
Brierley Road Walton Summit Preston PR5 8AH
Peroxomonosulphate; Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) 1200 * 100 * 200 * Not approved 100 *
Pheno-Pharm East Riding Farm Services Ltd
Pexton House, Pexton Road Kelleythorpe Driffield YO25 9DJ
Phenolic chlorinated Not approved 100 Not approved Not approved Not approved
PHENOGEN Synthese Elevage
Rue Marie Curie 35 137 Pleumeleuc France 35137
Other acidic biocide; Phenolic chlorinated 50 75 Not approved Not approved 50
PikoDes Combi Pikoline B.V.
Kruisdonk 66 Maastricht The Netherlands 6222 PH
Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC), including Alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) 32 Not approved 99 Not approved 49
PikoDes P Pikoline B.V.
Kruisdonk 66 Maastricht The Netherlands 6222 PH
Peroxomonosulphate; Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) 999 Not approved 199 Not approved 49
Poultry Care Bolshaw Industrial Powders
Harrop House, Rainow Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 5UU
Quicklime (CaO) Not approved Not approved 200 * Not approved 100 *
Poultry House Sanitiser Chamcotec Ltd
Unit 4 Flint Trade Park Holywell Road, Flint Flintshire, Wales CH6 5RR
Aldehyde Not approved Not approved Not approved Not approved 10
Premier Kilco [International] Ltd - group KERSIA
Broomhouses 2 Industrial Estate Old Glasgow Road Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway DG11 2SD
Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QAC), including Alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) Not approved Not approved 12 Not approved 10
Prophyl S Huvepharma SA
34 rue Jean Monnet, ZI d'Etriche 34 Segre 49500 Segre-en, Anjou Bleu, France
Other acidic biocide; Phenolic chlorinated 50 Not approved 33 15 20
Proxitane AHC (2) Solvay Interox Ltd
Baronet Road Warrington Cheshire WA4 6HA
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 6 November 2024