Tighter Testing New Normal For US OTC Sanitizer Firms Due To Contaminations During Pandemic

With higher demand a norm, OTC sanitizer firms should do the same with scrutiny of their supplies of alcohol and other ingredients. “The market itself will always be much higher than a pre-COVID level as it’s a consumer product that is going to be used on a more regular basis,” says Ed Wyszumiala, head of US Pharmacopeia’s verification program.

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the manufacturing of OTC alcohol-based hand sanitizers available in the US even five months after temporarily relaxed production standards ended and two months after a deadline to distribute products made under those standards.

“I think what you're starting to see is a more normalization of the consumer demand for hand sanitizer and the...