      The Food Standards Agency's Guidance Document 'E. coli O157: Control of Cross Contamination' requires Food Business Operators to ensure that, where necessary, they are using appropriate disinfectants that meet the requirements of British Standards BS EN 1276:1997 or BS EN 13697:2001 to disinfect food contact surfaces and equipment.
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| Brand/Manufacturer | Product Name | Dilution Rate/ Contact Time |
Product Information (where available) |
 = Verified as Compliant = Link to Test Report(where available) |
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| Alkem | FADS - Food Area Degreaser and Sanitiser |
1:10 / 1 minute |
www.alkem.co.uk | |
| Alphabet Supplies Ltd |
ASL Reflect |
1:80 / 5 minutes |
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| Apex Industrial Chemicals Ltd |
Germi-Clean | 1:50 / 5 minutes |
www.apex-chemicals.co.uk |
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| GC 25 |
1:25 / 5 minutes | www.apex-chemicals.co.uk |
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| Kleen | Ready to Use / 5 minutes | www.apex-chemicals.co.uk |
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| Wonder | 1:35 / 5 minutes | www.apex-chemicals.co.uk |
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| Commander | 1:30 / 5 minutes | www.apex-chemicals.co.uk |
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| Bac-Wipe MP |
Ready To Use / 5 minutes | www.apex-chemicals.co.uk |
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| Arpal (R P Adam Ltd) |
Arpax A7 |
1:50 / 5 minutes 1:20 / 2 minutes |
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| Deep Clean | 1:40 / 5 minutes |
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| Magic Quick Clean |
Ready to Use / 1 minute |
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| Spectrum | 1:50 / 1 minute |
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| Santabs | 1 tab in 5 ltr of water / 5 mins |
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| Astonish |
Anti-bacterial Cleanser |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
shop.astonishcleaners.com/ | |
| Bestway | 'Best-in' Antibacterial Cleaner |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
Not Available |
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| Bio Productions Ltd |
Synergy - Kitchen Sanitiser |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
Not Available |
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| Bonnymans Beith | Powerkleen HDC |
1:20 / 5 minutes | www.bonnymans.co.uk |
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| ID1500 Sanitiser | 1:20 / 5 minutes | www.bonnymans.co.uk |
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| ANTIBAC | 1:20 / 5 minutes | www.bonnymans.co.uk |
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| Brakes | Brakes Bactericidal Cleaner |
Ready to Use / 1 minute |
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| Chef's Larder | Detergent Sanitiser | 1:50 / 15 minutes | www.booker.co.uk |
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| Antibacterial Cleaner | Ready To Use / 5 minutes | www.booker.co.uk |
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| Antibacterial Surface Wipes | Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
www.booker.co.uk |
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| Multi Surface Cleaner with Bleach | Ready to Use / 1 minute |
www.booker.co.uk |
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| Chemex UK | Antibak | Contact Chemex |
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| Bacteria X | Contact Chemex |
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| FAD Food Area Degreaser | Contact Chemex |
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| Optimum C | Contact Chemex |
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| Safewash | Contact Chemex |
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| Chemsearch | Everbrite Super | 1:200 / Not Stated |
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| Christeyns | Bactigerm | 1:50 / 5 minutes |
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| CleanLINE | Bactericidal Detergent | 1:120 / 5 minutes | www.bunzlchs.com |
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| Cleenol |
Surface Cleaner and Sanitizer |
Ready to Use / 30 seconds |
www.cleenol.co.uk |
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| Bactericidal Multi-Purpose Cleaner | 1:50 / 30 seconds |
www.cleenol.co.uk |
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| 'Lift' Spray Cleaner with Bactericide | Ready To Use / 30 seconds |
www.cleenol.co.uk |
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| Double Agent Surface Cleaner & Sanitizer |
1:36 / 30 seconds |
www.cleenol.co.uk |
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| Evolution Surface Cleaner and Sanitiser |
1:36 / 30 seconds | www.cleenol.co.uk |
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| Evolution 1000 Double Agent |
1:36 / 30 seconds | www.cleenol.co.uk |
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| Imperial Bactericidal Detergent |
1:100 / 5 minutes |
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| Clinitex | Surface Safe Wipes |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
www.clinitex.co.uk |
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| Clover Chemicals | AX Cleaner Disinfectant | Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
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| Trio 100 | 1:120 / 5 minutes |
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| Sola Bac | 1:200 / 5 minutes |
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| Ultra Dose UB20 | 1:200/ 5 minutes |
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| Versan Surface Disinfectant |
1:24 / 5 minutes |
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| Co-op | Co-op Antibacterial Surface Cleaner |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
Not Available |
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| Dettol | Dettol Surface Cleanser |
Ready to Use / 30 seconds |
www.dettol.co.uk | |
| Deb Ltd | ODEX Antibacterial Cleaner |
Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
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| ECOLAB | Aseptopol | 1:100 / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Desguard 20 | 1:25 / 1 minute |
Not Available |
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| Oasis Pro 20 Premium | 1:33 / 1 minute |
Not Available |
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| ENDBAC (Johnson Diversey) |
Liquid Cleaner Sanitiser | 1:50 / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Powder Cleaner Sanitiser | 5g to 10l / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Sanitising Tablets | Ready To Use / 5 minutes | Not Available | |
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| Enviroclean | Sanibac | 1:40 / 5 minutes |
Not Available | |
| Steribac | Ready to Use / 10 seconds |
Not Available |
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| Strike | Ready to Use / 10 seconds |
Not Available |
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| Evans | Est-eem | 1:20 / 30 seconds |
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| Est-eem RTY | Ready To Use/ 1min |
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| E:dose Sanitiser |
1:100 / 5 minutes 1:25 / 30 Seconds |
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| Chlor Tabs | 1 tab to 8L / 15 minutes |
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| Safe Zone |
1:25 / 5minutes |
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| Safe Zone RTU |
Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
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| Trident Sanitising Powder |
40g per litre / 5 minutes |
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| GPP Hygiene |
Bowstar Catering Concentrate |
1:200 / 5 minutes |
www.bowcaredirect.co.uk | |
| Bowcare Greenest Cleaner/Sanitiser |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
www.bowcaredirect.co.uk | |
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| Greyland Chemicals |
Spray and Wipe Sanitiser |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
Not Available |
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| Triple Clean |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
Not Available |
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| Holchem | K2 Sanitiser | 1:100 / 5 minutes |
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| M2 Sanitiser |
1:100 / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| K31 Bacti-Blue |
1:100 / 5 minutes |
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| Holquat | 1:100 / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Hydrachem | Biospot Chlorine Tablets |
1 tab in 5 litres / 3 minutes |
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| Ideal Cash and Carry |
New Ideal Bactericidal Detergent |
1:80 / 5 minutes |
Not Available |
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| Jantex | Kitchen Cleaner and Sanitiser | 1:20 / 5 minutes |
www.nisbets.co.uk |
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| Jeyes | C1 Defence Concentrated Liquid Cleaner Sanitiser | 1:50 / 1min |
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| C1 Defence Ready To Use | Ready To Use / 1min |
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| H1 Kleenoff Bactericidal Hard Surface Cleaner | Ready To Use / 1min |
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| C10 Defence Powder Cleaner Sanitiser |
30 - 60g per 5 litres/ 5 mins |
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| JTS Sundries and Snacks |
JTS Spray and Wipe Sanitiser |
Ready to Use / 30 seconds |
www.jts-snacks.co.uk | |
| KAY (Ecolab) |
KAY Sink Sanitizer |
TBC |
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| KAY Solid Sense Sanitizer |
Self Dosing / TBC | |
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| KAy 5 Sanitizer |
TBC | |
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| Kitchen Master NI Ltd | 601 Bactericidal Hard Surface Cleaner | Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
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| 802 Surface Sanitiser | 1:25 / 3 minutes |
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| 202 Powder Sanitiser | 12g per litre water / 3mins |
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| McBride | Clean N Fresh Trigger Antibac Cleaner |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
www.cleanandfresh.co.uk | |
| Merlin Chemicals Ltd |
BD200 | 1:30 / 5 minutes |
www.merlinchemicals.com |
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| Milton | Milton Antibacterial Surface Spray | Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
www.milton-tm.com |
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| Morrisons Supermarket |
Morrisons Antibacterial Surface Cleaner |
Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
Not Available |
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| MSL Ltd |
Bio Sentinel Degreaser Sanitiser |
1:100 / 5 minutes |
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| Bio Sentinel Neutral Bactericidal Detergent |
1:100 / 5 minutes |
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| Bio Sentinel Terminal Sanitiser 1308 |
1:100 / 5 minutes |
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| Cutlass Heavy Duty Degreaser with Sanitiser |
1:20 / 5 minutes |
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| Jet Foam |
1:30 / 5 minutes |
www.mslquality.com |
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| Safeguard Sanitising Detergent |
1:100 / 5 minutes |
www.mslquality.com |
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| Safe | 1:100 / 5 minutes |
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| Nercon Ltd | Bactericidal Surface Cleaner | 1:50 / 5 minutes |
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| Pink Sanitiser | Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
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| TRU-BAC 1 |
1:100 / 5 minutes |
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| Bactericidal Detergent |
1:100 / 5 minutes |
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| Nilco | Nilco Antibacterial Cleaner Sanitiser | Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
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| Kitchen Greasebuster | Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
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| Pal International | Pal TX Oxidiser Surface Disinfectant Wipes |
Ready to Use / 1 minute |
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| Pal TX Rapid Action Disinfectant Wipes |
Ready to Use / 30 seconds |
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| Disinfectant Wipes |
Ready to Use / 30 seconds | |
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| Pal TX Alcohol Free Surface Disinfectant Wipes |
Ready to Use / 1 minute |
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| Paragon | Bar Manager | 1:20 / 1min |
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| Blade QAC | 1:20 / 1min |
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| PARA GEM | 1:20 / 1min |
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| SPRAY BAC | Ready To Use / 1min |
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| Kitchen Care |
1:120 / 5 minutes
1:20 / 10 seconds
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| Portland Janitorial | Antibacterial Cleaner (aka Staples Antibac Cleaner) |
Ready To Use / 1min |
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| Premier Products | Caterclean | Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
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| Caterclean 50 | 1:50 / 5 minutes |
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| Provan Maintenance Ltd (aka Alpha Chemicals Ltd) |
HYCLEAN / FAD |
1:100 / 5 minutes |
Not Available |
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| Sterisudz | 1:80 / 5 minutes |
Not Available |
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| Rose Hygiene |
Stera-Safe | 1:100 / 5 minutes |
www.rose-hygiene.com | |
| Compact Kitchen Sanitiser |
1:33 / 1 minute |
www.rose-hygiene.com |
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| Difficil-S | RTU / 1 minute |
Not Available |
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| Sainsbury's | Antibacterial Cleaner | Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
www.sainsburys.co.uk |
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| Seamill Hygiene Supplies |
Antibacterial Cleaner |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
www.seamillhygiene.co.uk | |
| Sechelle | Antibacterial Fast Drying Cleaner |
Ready to Use: 1 minute |
www.sechelle.co.uk/ |
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| Selden | Selgeine Cleaner Sanitiser | 1:40 / 5 minutes |
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| Selgeine Ultra (inc Ready To Use) | 1:40 / 5 minutes |
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| V500 Bactericidal Kitchen Cleaner |
1:75 / 5 minutes |
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| F104 Amphoclen |
1:40 / 5 minutes |
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| T003 Kitchen Cleaner |
RTU / 30 seconds |
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| Sher Bros |
Sher Bros Bactericidal Detergent |
1:80 / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Spice of Life | Bactericidal Washing Up Liquid (aka. Sterisudz) |
1:80 / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| SpringDawn | Spray and Wipe (aka. Cleenol Lift) |
Ready To Use / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Staples | Bactericidal Detergent | 1:120 / 5 minutes |
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| Bactericidal Hard Surface Cleaner | 1:10 / 5 minutes |
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| Handy Sanitiser | Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
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| Handy Antibacterial Cleaner | Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
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| Stardrops (StarBrands Ltd) |
PROTECTS Anti-bacterial Spray |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
Not Available |
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| PROTECTS Multi-Surface Cleaner |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| PROTECTS Disinfectant Spray |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Stephensons | Arma Spray and Wipe Sanitiser |
Ready to Use / 2 minutes |
www.stephensons.com |
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| Suma | Suma Bac D10 (inc. J-Flex) | 1:100 / 5 minutes |
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| Suma Quat D1.7 | 1:300 in clean / 5 minutes |
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| SuperNova | Surface Sanitising Spray | Ready To Use / 5 minutes | www.supernova.com |
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| Super Professional Products | Super Bactericidal Detergent | 1:120 / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Super Antibacterial Cleaner | 1:10 / 5 minutes |
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| Tesco | Tesco Antibacterial Multi Surface Cleaner | Ready To Use /5 minutes |
www.tesco.com |
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| Torbay Hygiene Ltd |
TotalC100 | 1:40 / 5 minutes |
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| Tri Chem Scotland | BAC-DET Super Concentrated |
1:600 / 5 minutes |
www.trichemscotland.com |
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| BAC DET Standard Concentration |
1:300 / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Steri Kleen Super Concentrated |
1:36 / 5 minutes |
www.trichemscotland.com | |
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| Steri Kleen Standard Concentration |
1:5 / 5 minutes | www.trichemscotland.com | |
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| Steri Kleen RTU |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
Not Available |
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| Trust Hygiene Services |
Kitchen Cleaner Sanitiser |
Ready to Use / 30 seconds |
www.trusthygiene.com/ | |
| Unico | Sterex+ | 1:80 / 30 seconds |
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| Food Safe Sanitiser | Ready To Use / 30 seconds |
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| Wallace Cameron Group | Chlor Tabs | 1 tab in 8 litres/ 15 mins |
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| Ultrazone Surface | Ready To Use / 5 minutes |
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| Winterhalter | C5 Clean |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes |
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| Wizz (Starbrands Ltd) |
Wizz Antibacterial Surface Cleaner |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Wizz Disinfectant Spray |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Wizz Spray with Bleach |
Ready to Use / 5 minutes | Not Available |
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| Zenith | 4L Concentrated Cleaner Sanitiser | 1:100 / 5 minutes 1:25 / 30 seconds |
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| 4S Cleaner Sanitiser Ready To Use | Ready To Use / 30 seconds |
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| 4A Powder Sanitiser | 6g to 1litre / 5 minutes |
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| 4N Liquid Sanitiser |
1:100 / 5 minutes |
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| S03 Food Cleaner Sanitiser | 1:100 / 5 minutes 1:25 / 30 seconds |
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| S02 Food Cleaner Sanitiser RTU | Ready to Use / 30 Seconds |
Not Available
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Last Updated: 02/05/2013 20:00
Dilution Chart
You can use the following chart to calculate the correct amount of disinfectant you need to add to the volume of water you are using.
You need to know:
- The Dilution Rate of your disinfectant (read the label or check above)
- The Volume of Water you are adding the disinfectant to (e.g 30 litres in a sink, 4 litres in a tub, 500ml in a spray bottle)
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Dilution Ratio / Solution Strength Chart (parts detergent : parts water) |
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Dilution ratio |
1:2 |
1:10 |
1:20 |
1:50 |
1:100 |
1:120 |
1:200 |
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Solution strength |
(50%) |
(10%) |
(5%) |
(2%) |
(1%) |
(0.8%) |
(0.5%) |
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Total Volume |
Amount of detergent to add |
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0.5 litre spray bottle |
250 ml |
50 ml |
25 ml |
10 ml |
5 ml |
4ml |
2.5 ml |
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1 litre |
500 ml |
100 ml |
50 ml |
20 ml |
10 ml |
9ml |
5 ml |
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5 litre bucket |
2.5 litres |
500 ml |
250 ml |
100 ml |
50 ml |
42ml |
25 ml |
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10 litres bucket |
5 litres |
1 litre |
500 ml |
200 ml |
100 ml |
84ml |
50 ml |
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20 litres |
10 litres |
2 litres |
1 litre |
400 ml |
200 ml |
167 ml |
100 ml |
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30 litres |
15 litres |
3 litres |
1½ litres |
600 ml |
300 ml |
250 ml |
150 ml |
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40 litres |
20 litres |
4 litres |
2 litres |
800 ml |
400 ml |
334 ml |
200 ml |
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