Consumers warned of ‘serious injury’ from hand sanitisers in food and drink packaging

Published: 3-Sep-2020
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The FDA has issued a warning that some hand sanitiser manufacturers in the US have been using baby food or drink packaging to house the alcohol-based hand hygiene gels

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The US FDA is warning consumers to be vigilant of hand sanitisers packaged in what appears to be food or drink pouches and bottles.

The regulatory watchdog issued a red alert after discovering that alcohol-based hand hygiene products, used to combat the spread of Covid-19, were being accidentally ingested by confused consumers.

Hand sanitiser has been found packaged in beer cans, children’s food pouches

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