FDA expands list of hand sanitizers not to be used
As the FDA’s Do Not Use list of hand sanitizers grew by 18 to 183 over the last 19 days, it conjured the scent of South Florida summer as much as aloe or alcohol.
Companies based in Coral Gables, Miami, Aventura, Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood imported, distributed or sold nine of those 18 hand sanitizers.
The list that began with just hand sanitizers that had methanol, which the FDA terms potentially “toxic” if rubbed into the skin, and sanitizers made in the same production facilities as those with methanol, has expanded. Also included now are hand sanitizers testing as subpotent; having 1-propanol; or made in the same places as hand sanitizers that are subpotent or have 1-propanol.
ADDITIONS TO THE ‘DO NOT USE’ LIST
● AAA Cosmetica’s bio aaa Advance Hand Sanitizer in 480 ml bottles were distributed in Miami by Coral Gables company AJR Trading, were added to the list on Sept. 3 and recalled on Sept. 4, as reported by the Miami Herald.
● Asesores en Mantenimiento Hidrulico e Industrial’s Argent Defense Group Hand Sanitizer tested positive for methanol. Dolphin Hands Sanitizer and Hand Sanitizer Antiseptic Hand Gel got added to the list as probably being made in the same factory.
● Guatamalan manufacturer Genesis Partnership Co., made Panagel Hand Sanitizer that Hollywood company Central-Med Distribution pushed in 8-ounce, 16-ounce and 1-gallon containers. FDA testing said it was subpotent, light on the ethyl alcohol.
Also on the Do Not Use list from being made at the same facility are
Genesis Hand Sanitizer Gel; Killz Germz; differently packaged
Panagel distributed by DJR Trading, which run by the same folks as Central-Med Distribution; MedtekSupplies Hand Sanitizer, distributed by MedtekSupplies out of Miami, SensiMedical Hand Sanitizer Gel, made for Aventura company Sensimedical.
● Fort Lauderdale company Wizard Creations distributed Industrias Cklass’ Cklass Hand Sanitizer With Aloe Enriched With Moisturizing Emollient Agents, which tested as having methanol, and Industrias Cklass Foaming Hand Sanitizer with Aloe, believed to be made in the same facility.
● Neoingenium Labs’ Cleanse Pure, sold in 4 liter bottles and imported by Miami Gardens’ company Frozen Wheels, tested as having methanol. Frozen Wheels also imported and distributed 500 ml bottles of Neoingenium’s Hand Sanitizer.
That, ProCare Gel and SafeMedix hand sanitizer all made the list from being made in the same facility as Cleanse Pure.
● Sck Zeta Dis Ticaret Pazarlama’s Neutrevo Instant Hand Sanitizer tested positive for methanol. The FDA said it’s not on the U.S. market.
WHAT’S BEEN RECALLED
● Open Book Extracts recalled lot No. ES8-200514 of Always Be Clean Hand Sanitizer and lot No. ES9-200610 of Just Hand Sanitizer because they have methanol.
● Medek pulled its M Sanitizer after FDA testing found it to be both to contain methanol and subpotent for ethanol.