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US FDA Gets Lesson In 'Unintended Consequences' From Relaxing Sanitizer Production Standards

Guatemala Chapter Added To Methanol-Contaminated Sanitizer History

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

More than 6.2m containers of sanitizers have been recalled since mid-October due to methanol contamination. Total includes 67,440 made by Genesis Partnership Co., the first manufacturer in Guatemala that the FDA identified as making contaminated hand sanitizers distributed in the US.

The US Food and Drug Administration’s lesson “in the law of unintended consequences” from temporarily loosening standards to boost OTC hand sanitizer manufacturing has been expanded to include Guatemala as a source of products found to contain methanol.

Recent updates to FDA’s beauty, health and wellness product recall records show a total of more than 6.2m containers of sanitizers have been recalled since mid-October due to methanol contamination. The total includes 67,440 made by Genesis Partnership Co

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