OTC Sanitizer Contaminations Drop In US As Auxiliary Manufacturers Stop Production

"Fewer people are manufacturing the products ... That seems to be a sort of a natural reaction to I think the decreased consumer demand," says Donald Ashley, compliance chief in FDA’s drug center.

• Source: Alamy

The US Food and Drug Administration has found “substantially” fewer contaminated or otherwise adulterated OTC hand sanitizers so far in 2021 from a year ago due in no small part to fewer firms making the products.

Recent FDA warning letters show that alcohol-based OTC sanitizers made in Mexico remain the most problematic, although US firms aren’t escaping regulatory scrutiny

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