EN 13610 Chemical Disinfectants - Quantitative Suspension Test for Evaluation of Virucidal Activity Against Bacteriophages of Chemical Disinfectants Used in Food and Industrial Fields - Test Method and Requirements (Phase 2, Step 1)

The EN 13610 standard, a European standard, specifies the requirements for minimum virucidal activity against bacteriophages of chemical disinfectants used in food and industrial areas, which form a homogeneous, physically stable preparation in hard water, excluding areas and situations where disinfection is medically indicated, and a test method is defined.

Essentially, the standard includes:

• Processing, distribution and retail sale of animal food products (milk and dairy products, meat and meat products, fish and seafood, egg and egg products, animal feed and similar)
• Processing, distribution and retail sale of food of plant origin (beverages, fruits, vegetables and their derivatives including sugar and spirits, flour, milling and bakery, animal feeds and the like)

In addition, this standard includes other industrial fields such as biotechnology (yeast, proteins, enzymes).

It is not possible to determine virucidal activity against bacteriophages using this standard. Wets of undiluted product are produced by adding some dilution always inoculum and interfering substance. For chemical disinfectants that can be used undiluted, it is not possible to determine whether these products have virucidal activity against bacteriophages at concentrations above 80 percent.

The test method defined in the EN 13610 standard is intended to determine the effectiveness of commercial formulations or active substances on viruses (bacteriophages) under the conditions in which they are used. This standard is valid only for disinfectants in accordance with the validation test.

When performing the test, a test suspension of bacteriophages in a solution is added to a prepared sample of the product under test, diluted in hard water. The mixture is kept at 20 degrees for 15 minutes. At the end of the contact time, aliquots are taken and virucidal activity against bacteriophages in this fraction is immediately neutralized or suppressed by a validated method.

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