THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A STABLE AND EFFECTIVE SANITIZER FORMULATION FOR INDIRECT FOOD CONTACT APPLICATIONS THE FORMULATION CONTAINS (A) AN ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVE AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BIGUANIDES, MONOGUANIDES, AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF (B) A DIALKYLDIMETHYL AMMONIUM SALT, AND (C) A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN ALKYLDIMETHYLBENZYL AMMONIUM SALT, AN ALKYLDIMETHYL(ETHYLBENZYL) AMMONIUM SALT, AN ALKOXYLATED ALCOHOL, AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF.