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US Petroleum Fracking Firm’s OTC Sanitizer Production Pumps FDA The Wrong Way

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

One of two US firms among five warned recently about problems with OTC sanitizers is a petroleum product business. Two of the other three warnings went to firms in Mexico, by far the predominant source of adulterated OTC sanitizers found in US since early 2020.

• Source: Alamy

One of the two US firms among five businesses warned recently about problems with their OTC hand sanitizers is a petroleum production business that failed to respond to regulators’ repeated requests for information.

Two of the other three warnings published by the Food and Drug Administration on 5 October went to firms in Mexico, which agency officials have made clear in their remarks, and the FDA with its first-ever countrywide import alert, has by far been the predominant

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