# The Biocidal Products Regulations 2001, Schedule 1: BIOCIDAL PRODUCT-TYPES AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS Column 1 Column 2 Product-type Description MAIN GROUP 1 Disinfectants and general biocidal products These product-types exclude cleaning products that are not intended to have a biocidal effect, including washing liquids, powders and similar products. 1 Human hygiene biocidal products Products used for human hygiene purposes. 2 Private area and public health area disinfectants and other biocidal products Products (which are not used for direct food or feedingstuff contact) used for the disinfection of air, surfaces, materials, equipment and furniture in private, public and industrial areas, including hospitals, as well as products used as algaecides. Usage areas include swimming pools, aquariums, bathing and other waters; air-conditioning systems; walls and floors in health and other institutions; chemical toilets, waste water, hospital waste, soil or other substrates (in playgrounds). 3 Veterinary hygiene biocidal products Products used for veterinary hygiene purposes, including products used in areas in which animals are housed, kept or transported. 4 Food and feed area disinfectants Products used for the disinfection of equipment, containers, consumption utensils, surfaces or pipework associated with the production, transport, storage or consumption of food, feed or drink (including drinking water) for humans and animals. 5 Drinking water disinfectants Products used for the disinfection of drinking water (for both humans and animals). MAIN GROUP 2 Preservatives 6 In-can preservatives Products used for the preservation of manufactured products, other than food or feedingstuff, in containers by the control of microbial deterioration to ensure their shelf life. 7 Film preservatives Products used for the preservation of films or coatings by the control of microbial deterioration in order to protect the initial properties of the surface of materials or objects such as paints, plastics, sealants, wall adhesives, binders, papers, art works. 8 Wood preservatives Products (both preventive and curative) used for the preservation of wood, from and including the saw-mill stage, or wood products by the control of wood-destroying or wood-disfiguring organisms. 9 Fibre, leather, rubber and polymerised materials preservatives Products used for the preservation of fibrous or polymerised materials, such as leather, rubber or paper or textile products and rubber by the control of microbiological deterioration. 10 Masonry preservatives Products used for the preservation and remedial treatment of masonry or other construction materials other than wood by the control of microbiological and algal attack. 11 Preservatives for liquid-cooling and processing systems Products used for the preservation of water (other than drinking water) or other liquids used in cooling and processing systems by the control of harmful organisms such as microbes, algae and mussels. 12 Slimicides Products used for the prevention or control of slime growth on materials, equipment and structures, used in industrial processes, such as on wood and paper pulp or porous sand strata in oil extraction. 13 Metalworking-fluid preservatives Products used for the preservation of metalworking fluids by the control of microbial deterioriation. MAIN GROUP 3 Pest control 14 Rodenticides Products used for the control of mice, rats or other rodents. 15 Avicides Products used for the control of birds. 16 Molluscicides Products used for the control of molluscs. 17 Piscicides Products used for the control of fish except products for the treatment of fish diseases. 18 Insecticides, acaricides and products to control other arthropods Products used for the control of arthropods (including insects, arachnids and crustaceans). 19 Repellents and attractants Products used to control harmful organisms (invertebrates such as fleas, vertebrates such as birds), by repelling or attracting, including those that are used for human or veterinary hygiene either directly or indirectly. MAIN GROUP 4 Other Biocidal products 20 Preservatives for food or feedstocks Products used for the preservation of food or feedstocks by the control of harmful organisms. 21 Antifouling products Products used to control the growth and settlement of fouling organisms (microbes and higher forms of plant or animal species) on vessels, aquaculture equipment or other structures used in water. 22 Embalming and taxidermist fluids Products used for the disinfection and preservation of human or animal corpses, or parts thereof. 23 Control of other vertebrates Products used for the control of vermin. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/880/schedule/1 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/biocidal-products-regulations-2001/schedule-1 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.