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Defra disinfectants approvals

Veterinary disinfectants are a vital part of animal disease prevention and central strategies. VLA offer a service to test veterinary disinfectants for cleansing and disinfecting buildings, farm equipment, animal crates and vehicles etc.

• The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Fees) (England) Order 2009. SI 2009/839
• Disinfectant approvals price list
• Test methods (pdf 20kb)

If it can be demonstrated that the product is efficacious and complies with the Biocidal Products Directive it can be placed on The Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (England) Order 2007.

Please complete form, AOD1 (pdf 343kb) , to request approval of a disinfectant for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981. Please ensure all samples are correctly labelled and identified as disinfectant approvals.

Approved disinfectants

See the Defra website for a list of approved disinfectants for use in England, Scotland and Wales.

The list of approved veterinary disinfectants displays:

• approved disinfectants in alphabetical order (The A-Z index is displayed at the top of the page)
• the approved dilution rate
• the company name and address
• the Orders the disinfectant is approved for use under.

Please tick or untick the 'Show list for' boxes and then click the 'Apply' button at the top of the screen to display disinfectants for each disease. The list can also be downloaded to a Microsoft Word or Excel document.

Please note the screen automatically defaults to the letter A.