US/Silver Spring:
The US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), a Silver Spring, Maryland-based statutory regulatory and food safety authority, places all Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizers manufactured in Mexico on a countrywide Import Alert to help stop products that appear to be in violation from entering the United States until the FDA is able to review the products’ safety.
This Import Alert was initiated due to a sharp increase in Hand Sanitizer products manufactured in Mexico that were labeled to contain Ethanol (also known as Ethyl Alcohol) as an active agent but instead tested positive for Methanol contamination. Methanol, or Wood Alcohol, is an industrial-use substance that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin and life-threatening when ingested and can result in Nausea, Vomiting, Headache, Blurred Vision, Permanent Blindness, Seizures, Coma, permanent damage to the Nervous System and/or Death.
FDA: http://ht.ly/nBuU30ruMK9
Direct link: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-takes-action-place-all-alcohol-based-hand-sanitizers-mexico-import
Additional information:
The US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) reports its analyses of Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizers imported from Mexico found eighty-four percent (84%) of the samples analyzed by the agency from April through December 2020 were not in compliance with the FDA’s safety regulations, as follows:
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Filed under: Burn or scald hazard, Death hazard, Ingestion hazard, Labeling or regulatory issues, Medical / Veterinary, US FDA | Tagged: Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizers from Mexico, Coronavirus, COVID-19, FDA, hand sanitizer products, methanol, Recalls Direct RIN: 14038-2021, suspected 1-Propanol contamination, suspected Methanol contamination, US Food and Drug Administration | Leave a comment »