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Is a wash product or a cleaning product with antibacterial additive a biocide?

April 26, 2017Additive antibacterial biocide cleaning Product wash

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Is a wash product or a cleaning product with antibacterial additive a biocide?

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Neither the content materials nor the product description “hygienic” define a biocide product. What separates the biocide products is the product description “antibacterial”, “antimicrobial” and “bactericidal”. Even if the content material of detergents, washing powders and washing liquids have an antibacterial effect, the product is still not a biocide when it is not mentioned in the product description. An example of a different application purpose is to be demonstrated in the following: Chlorine as addition to the drinking water is not a biocide, in contrast to it the chlorine in the water of a swimming pool is regarded as a biocide.