To establish standardized methods of test and requirements for the antimicrobial efficacy of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics intended to prevent the transmission of infection in the food, industrial, domestic and institutional field, excluding areas and situations where disinfection is medically indicated and excluding products used on living tissues except those for hand hygiene in the above considered areas. The scope applies at least to the following : - processing, distribution and retailing of food of animal origin, food of vegetable origin; - institutional and domestic areas and other industrial areas.