Methanol-Contaminated Sanitizers Stain Production Flexibility Spurred By Pandemic In US

In update to notifications about hand sanitizer labeled as containing ethyl alcohol but contaminated with methanol, FDA says some distributors are voluntarily recalling products. But manufacturer Eskbiochem didn't respond to request to recall its products marketed in US under multiple brands.

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Looser manufacturing standards the US Food and Drug Administration allowed to spur production of hand sanitizers during the coronavirus pandemic combined with its lack of authority to order drug recalls could be linked to some sanitizers containing methanol remaining available while others are being recalled.

The agency on 2 July updated its notifications about hand sanitizer labeled as containing ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, but contaminated...

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