What a Health Canada DIN means for your disinfectant
A DIN is not a marketing badge, it is proof a disinfectant was assessed by Health Canada. Here is what it covers and how to check one.
In Canada, a hard-surface disinfectant is regulated as a drug, not a cleaning product. The Drug Identification Number (DIN) printed on the label is the signal that it cleared that bar before it could be sold.
What a DIN actually certifies
A DIN means Health Canada assessed the product before it went on sale, and the manufacturer supplied evidence of its safety, efficacy, and quality, in other words, evidence that it does what the label says it does.
Why it matters for facilities
If a product claims to "disinfect" or "kill" pathogens but has no DIN, that claim has not been through a Canadian pre-market review. In audited environments, healthcare, food handling, childcare, the DIN and the label's stated contact times are part of your documentation. (For the difference between cleaning and disinfecting, start here.)
Our disinfectants
Our Liquid Disinfectant carries DIN 02496704, and our RTU-Q One-Step Disinfectant & Cleaner is separately DIN-registered. Both ship with a Safety Data Sheet, and the labels state approved surfaces and contact times.
How to check any DIN
Any DIN can be looked up in Health Canada's Drug Product Database. Before you standardize on a disinfectant, ask the vendor for the DIN and the label contact times, and verify them yourself.
Browse our registered disinfectants, or ask our team for documentation for your compliance file.
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