​Welcome to Chemical Essentials (Pty) Ltd

**Please note that due to extraordinary Covid-19 related demand we are unable to take on any new customers outside of our key markets at this point in time. Our F10 stocks have been severely stretched and we are focused on ensuring our strategic reserve is able to be fairly distributed to our existing customer base. We hope to be able to change this situation once we have ridden out this unprecedented level of demand. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.**

UPDATE: Friday 22/5 -  Both vet wholesale and retail resellers  should now have F10SC Vet Disinfectant in  stock., as we've pushed out almost 2 full air shipments over the last  week and a half. 

We'll now sit on a bit of a reserve stock until  our next major order, an extremely large sea shipment, arrives in mid-June, and we'll flood the market again when we get this one in. More importantly, F10SC Disinfectant supply is anticipated to continue going forward from there, so at some point we'll catch up and hopefully get out the amount of stock being demanded. 

Good luck folks, stay safe, and thank you for your patience if you aren't able to source a particular F10 product at present. 
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​Chemical Essentials (Pty) Ltd is a Melbourne based company that provides cleaning and disinfection products and solutions to a wide variety of industries throughout Australia, as well as specific markets in New Zealand, Singapore and Papua New Guinea. We are the sole importer of the internationally acclaimed F10SC Disinfectant and its related range of advanced cleaning, personal hygiene and animal skin care products. We also offer a range of top quality biosecurity related equipment including automatic chemical blending systems, which prevent product wastage and control costs, fogging machines for air space disinfection, disinfection mats, and electronic hands free soap dispensers. We've also added the exciting Adzorbstar odour control products to our range.
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Since opening our doors in Australia in 2001, we have experienced substantial growth and now work with distribution partners in specific markets and service a multitude of customers over the length and breadth of Australia and its neighbouring countries. Despite a number of "copycat" products emerging over the last 10 years, F10SC remains the market leader in veterinary related industries in 2020 as it's benefits simply can't be matched, and there are thousands of happy users in Australia alone.

Our Philosophy

​Our philosophy is simple – efficacy and safety, along with a healthy dose of personal attention! We focus on finding the best products available for the industries we service, and drive our sales through the inherent benefits of these products and our ability to devise solutions to our customers problem areas. 

For instance, F10SC Disinfectant’s unique combination of efficacy and safety in the animal production market enables us to provide innovative and cost-effective disease control solutions without compromising workplace safety. A good example of this would be the control of Aspergillis in a large poultry hatchery via dosing of the humidification system water. See our PDF for further details.
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​We strive to be an environmentally responsible company, ensuring we reuse packaging material wherever possible, and free-cycling old pallets, etc to people and organisations that want them. These toy cars for disadvantaged kids, made by a local Men's Shed, used to be F10 pallets!

​Latest Newsflash

Some good news for zoos and aquariums: www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/95m-rescue-package-for-locked-down-zoos-aquariums-20200427-p54nn8.html

Covid-19: This is a really good, simple video of why social distancing is required, help flatten the curve:  youtu.be/dSQztKXR6k0

​Please see FAQ page for F10 and Covid-19 information:  www.chemicalessentials.com.au/faq.html
 
​Efficacy of various disinfectants against SARS Coronavirus:
Most disinfectants have not been tested against the current Covid-19, however, this abstract shows disinfection efficacy results from the previous outbreak. "In summary, SARS-CoV can be inactivated quite easily with many commonly used disinfectants". See here
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15923059

Australian Government information on Coronavirus (Covid-19):
https://health.govcms.gov.au/health-topics/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov

​​Interesting news article on Reverse zoonosis: Can you make your pet sick?
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/316624.php

Interesting news article on hospital flies carry enough 'bugs' of their own to cause infection - 
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325580.php

Interesting news article on resistant bacteria in vet clinics -
www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/04/15/drug-resistant-bugs-discovered-animal-hospital-prompts-health/
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Interesting news article on hand hygiene and alcohol soaps in The Age - https://www.theage.com.au/healthcare/handwashing-might-not-kill-this-superbug-should-we-be-worried-20180801-p4zuwc.html

BUYER BEWARE - certain other products claim to be half price "F10" when they are not that at all. Check all facts, particularly manufacturer's recommended dilution rates (you'll use a lot more) and contact times (far longer than F10), and you'll find there is a vast difference in performance, and the "half price" actually works out to be way more expensive than F10. 

​NEW PRODUCT - Vectorfog DC20 cordless low noise level fogger now available - see Equipment page for details.
​​​We supply a wide variety of market sectors in Australasia, so please contact us if you are interested in finding our how F10 products can benefit your specific industry.

NB: Please note that we only sell F10 products to registered businesses, not directly to the public. If you wish to purchase F10 for private use there are numerous online resellers available, or you can find a bricks and mortar vet or pet reseller on our "Where to buy F10" pages.

Our Services

​Due to our experience in a wide variety of often totally different industries, we can offer our customers the following services:
  • Professional advice for most types of cleaning and disinfection, biosecurity and disease control. 
  • Specific HACCP-based cleaning and disinfecting guidelines, which are provided at no cost to both existing and new customers. These often form an integral part of the customer's Quality Assurance documentation. 
  • Staff training and assistance in working with our products. 
  • Sourcing of specialized cleaning/disinfection related equipment where required. 
  • Rapid order fulfillment.

​Key Points

  • Chemical Essentials specializes in the areas of hygiene, biosecurity and odour control.
  • Our core product, F10SC, is the ideal disinfectant as it's unique formulation is both highly effective across a broad spectrum of pathogens, and safe for humans and animals alike. 
  • F10SC is the market leader in veterinary and related industries in Australia
  • Our F10 range of soaps and gel provide microcidal, non-irritant hand care for staff, while our F10 germicidal ointment and treatment shampoo provide excellent outcomes for bacterial and fungal skin conditions in animals. 
  • We also have the perfect solution for unpleasant odour problems indoors (such as dead animal in walls/roof, paint or new furniture smell, meat rotting from fridge power outages, mildew and damp, etc) with our simple and inexpensive Adzorbstar odour control product.