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Aquaculture disinfectant listing scheme: apply or view

Check for listed disinfectants for aquaculture; or apply to have your product listed.

From: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Published 20 June 2014 Last updated 14 April 2026
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Listed disinfectants

The following disinfectants have been tested under the listing scheme conditions to demonstrate their effectiveness against aquatic diseases.

The table displays listed disinfectant products and their effective dilutions as demonstrated under the mandatory test conditions of 4°C ± 1°C test temperature, with a 30 minute ± 30 second contact time. Where applied for, additional effective dilutions under optional test data (varying contact time and test temperature) is displayed in the comments column.

Product name	Product physical form	Company name	Company address and contact details	Bacterial diseases of aquaculture relevance* (Test Standard EN1656 Modified)	Viral diseases of aquaculture relevance* (Test Standard EN14675 Modified)	Other*
Aqua Des	Liquid	Aquatiq Ltd	Ravic House, 9 Inverness Campus, Inverness, IV2 5AN	1 to 100	4 to 100	N/A
Aqua Omnicide	Liquid	Coventry Chemicals Ltd	Woodhams Road, Siskin Drive, Coventry CV5 9LH; https://www.miriushealthcare.com/	1 to 99	1 to 99	N/A
BioVX Aqua	Powder	Biolink Ltd	Halifax Way, Pocklington, York YO42 1NR; www.biolinklimited.co.uk	1 to 100	1 to 100	N/A
Centrego Toucan HOCL 500	Liquid	Centrego Ltd	Unit N4, Marshall Way, Commerce Park, Frome, Somerset BA11 2FB, United Kingdom www.centregoltd.com	Undiluted.  (Product tested at 80% concentration)	Undiluted. (Product tested at 80% concentration)	N/A
FAM30	Liquid	Evans Vanodine International plc	Brierley Road Walton Summit Preston, Lancashire. PR5 8AH www.evansvanodine.co.uk 01772 322200	1 to 100	N/A	N/A
Neogen Viroxide Aqua	Powder	Quat-Chem Limited	1-4 Sandfield Industrial Park, Dodgson Street, Rochdale, OL16 5SJ	1 to 150	1 to 199	N/A
Steri-7 Xtra High Level Surface Disinfectant Cleaner and Steri-7 Xtra NetDip	Liquid	Steri-7 Worldwide Ltd	34 Baron Grove, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 4EH; www.steri-7.com/	1 to 20	N/A	N/A

Key: * Effective dilution for liquids expressed as 1 part product to x parts water, or for solids expressed as 1 gram product to x mls water. † The disinfectant does not need to be diluted.

Apply to have your product listed

This is a voluntary scheme and is open to any disinfectant manufacturer wishing to market their product in the UK.

It lists disinfectants that have been independently validated as effective against viral and bacterial diseases affecting freshwater fish.

To apply to get your disinfectant listed you must:

• have your product tested by a qualified laboratory
• complete and submit the Disinfectant Aquaculture Rate Card Disinfectant Rate Card (PDF, 405 KB, 8 pages)
• complete and submit the Disinfectant Aquaculture Application Form Aquaculture Disinfectant Listing Scheme Application Form (PDF, 667 KB, 17 pages)

Get your disinfectant tested

All products submitted for listing must meet the requirements of the EU Biocides Regulation (528/2012) and national biocides legislation.

Before applying you must ensure your product has passed the modified test standards below (depending on your application):

• bacterial diseases - using the specified modification of EN Standard 1656:2019

• viral diseases - using the specified modification of EN Standard 14675:2015
  You must:

• select a laboratory that works to a recognised international laboratory quality system

• have quality assurance checks done by an independent auditor

Application fees

You can apply to have your disinfectant listed as effective for 1 disease type (bacterial or viral diseases) or for both.

You must pay for each disinfectant product you wish to list and choose either:

• a single scheme application (viral or bacterial efficacy) – £2,310 (excluding VAT)
• a combined application (viral and bacterial efficacy) – £2,856 (excluding VAT) Please note that fees are non-refundable for unsuccessful applications.

Approval process

The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) manages the process.

1. Cefas will acknowledge receipt of the application within 5 working days.
2. Upon payment of fees, Cefas will submit the application for a technical assessment.
3. Cefas will receive the results of the technical review within 20 working days.
4. Cefas will inform you of the outcome of your disinfectant listing application within 5 working days as a pass or fail. If successful you must sign and return the terms and conditions of the listing scheme. If unsuccessful Cefas will inform you of the reasons why and the next steps.
5. Cefas will update the listing site to include your product with 7 working days of a successful application.

Renewals and changes to your product

Each listing is valid for 5 years. You must then reapply to continue to be listed. However, retesting is not always necessary if your disinfectant’s composition hasn’t changed.

If you change your product’s composition you should notify Cefas immediately. Product changes require a retest and you must then reapply for listing.

If you wish to add distributors for your listed products you need to apply for an amendment using the same application form (omit section 3 and the appendices). There is no charge to do this.

The disinfectant listed and sold must be identical to the original sample tested and reviewed.

Contact us

Cefas Disinfectant Listing Scheme Team

Updates to this page

Published 20 June 2014 Last updated 14 April 2026 show all updates
1.
14 April 2026

A new disinfectant has been added, Aqua Des
2.
8 July 2025

updated the prices
3.
8 July 2025

expired disinfectants have been removed and a new one added
4.
9 January 2025

new rate card and deleted expired licences
5.
12 June 2023

new contact email and update to one of the disinfection products
6.
21 February 2023

New disinfectant is listed
7.
27 January 2023

A new rate card and application form, and fees have been added
8.
20 September 2022

Added a new approved product on 16 September, the Centrego Toucan HOCL 500.
9.
26 February 2021

Added URL for Mirius Healthcare
10.
24 March 2020

Added Virkon Aquatic to the list
11.
12 November 2019

Added new V18 product
12.
25 October 2019

Added Vanoquat to the list.
13.
16 October 2019

Removed Vanoquat New Formulation from list
14.
4 October 2019

Added two new entries to the list: GPC8 and Mira 8
15.
25 April 2019

New entry added to table: Aqua Omnicide
16.
18 July 2018

Updated prices
17.
22 March 2018

Updated BioVx viral diseases column
18.
16 January 2018

Updated name for Aquatic UK Ltd
19.
9 November 2017

Updated the disinfectant listing scheme application form
20.
6 September 2017

Added BioVX Aqua
21.
6 September 2017

Added BioVX Aqua
22.
10 March 2015

Added Steri-7 products to list
23.
12 December 2014

Change application contact details
24.
20 June 2014

First published.

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