DIN 02125021

Product Code 19350

• VIRKON is an environmentally friendly, easy to use, general sanitizer.
• VIRKON is a specially blended pink powder that is readily soluble, has a faint lemon smell and has colour indicating potency
• VIRKON is a fast acting disinfectant that has been shown to be effective against a wide range of bacteria, fungi and viruses

TASK

DILUTION RATE

APPLICATION RATE

1:100 (1%)

1:100 (1%)

1:100 (1%)

1:100 (1%)

• Soak for 20-30 minutes in Virkon S solution followed by rinsing with water.
• No equipment should leave a farm without being sanitized
• Equipment which is used at separate sites, tanks or ponds on a farm should be sanitized before each new use. Sanitization can be achieved by placing equipment in a sanitizing bath when not in use and during transport

• Powder: 2.3% average loss of initial activity after 36 months at 20°C
• 1% Solution: 10% loss of initial activity after 7 days in 350 ppm hard water

• This product is a strong oxidizing system and should be handled carefully
• 1% solution has a pH of 2.6
• Environmental effect -"In the dilution normally encountered all of the (VIRKON) ingredients are either decomposed and/or biodegraded and are comparatively harmless. The triple salt of potassium monopersulphate will decompose into harmless by-products. In the aqueous environment the product will eventually degrade and should pose no problems to sewage treatment processes." Anglian Water, August 1994
• Ecotoxicity - Independent testing by the Water Research Council, UK demostrated that Virkon does not have a pollution danger for Sewage Treatment Facilites or a toxic risk to earthworms or Dapnia.
• Biodegradability Virkon consists mainly of inorganic salts which decompose into harmless by-products. The surfactant is a salt of straight chain alkyl benzene sulphonate complying with EEC directive 82/243 giving more than 90% biodegradability under OECD test conditions
• Exposure
  No occupational exposure limits are specified for Virkon components according to the requirements laid down in Health and Safety Executive Guidance Note EH 40/95 under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, (COSHH) Regulations, 1994.
• Irritancy
  At 1% in use dilution Virkon is classified as: - Non-irritant to skin - Non-irritant to eyes - when tested according to EEC Directive 67/548/EEC.
• Acute oral toxicity study in rats
  Solutions were given by intragastric intubation at a constant concentration of 500mg/ml in accordance with EEC Directive 67/548/EEC. The LD₅₀ of Virkon was calculated to be 4,123mg/kg body weight. In line with EEC Directive 67/548/EEC, Virkon S is classified as "non harmful".