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Health Canada Has Recalled 50+ Hand Sanitizers From National Stores

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Health Canada has expanded its recall of hand sanitizer products across national stores. The list now contains more than 50 products that have used industrial-grade ethanol.

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The agency first announced recalls of hand sanitizer products on June 6th, due to ingredients that are not acceptable for use in sanitizer products in Canada.

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Products on the recall list 

  •  Adclean (Technical) – Adfast Canada Inc.
  •  Biogel – Groupe Savon Olympics, Inc.
  •  BioVectra Sanitizer – BioVectra, Inc.
  •  Biovectra Hand Sanitizer – Topical Gelt – BioVectra, Inc.
  •  Clean & Green Hand Sanitizer Gel – Hope, Grace and Healing, DBA HgH Integrative Aromatics
  •  Defend Gel Hand Sanitizer – Corporate Facility Supply, Inc.
  •  Dermogen – Inter Cosmetiques Inc.
  •  Desinfectant Mousseux Pour les Mainsy – Solutions Enviro-Formula, Inc.
  •  eSafe – Groupe Enov, Inc.
  •  Facility Plus Complete Facility Services-Hand Sanitizer 70% Alcohol – The A&J Power   Group Inc., DBA Facility Plus
  •  Frid + Russell Hand Sanitizer – Green Dolphin Systems Corp.
  •  Gel desinfectant pour les mains – Solutions Enviro-Formula, Inc.
  •  Gentle Hand Sanitizer With Aloe – Angel Cosmoceuticals, Inc.
  •  Germ Eliminator (ethyl acetate) – 677042 Ontario Ltd. (DBA Donview Manufacturing)
  •  Germ Eliminator (methanol) – 677042 Ontario Ltd. (DBA Donview Manufacturing)
  •  Hand Sanitizer – JIS Enterprises Inc. (DBA JIS Specialty Products)
  •  Hand Sanitizer Mano-San – Shifaah Health
  •  Healthcare Plus Sanitizing Hand Ge – The Color Group, Division of Canadian Custom Packaging
  •  Kleen RX Hand Sanitizer Gel, by Spa Dent, Inc.
  •  Manogel (ethyl acetate) – Constant America
  •  Manogel (methanol) – Constant America
  •  KS-Progel Plus – Delta Pharma Inc.
  •  MB Hand Sanitizer – Multi-Blend Ltd.
  •  Purus – Pharmalab, Inc.
  •  Sanatouch – Bio Organic Solutions Corp.
  •  Sanitagel – Jefo Nutrition, Inc.
  •  Septeeze – Les Produits Ultrapro, Inc.
  •  Upstreet Do Gooder Hand Sanitizer 65% – Upstreet Craft Brewing
  •  Upstreet Do Gooder Hand Sanitizer 80% – Upstreet Craft Brewing
  •  Vima-San Hand Sanitizer – Green Dolphin Systems Corp.
  •  Vitalpur – Laboratoire Capillaire Guy Decaux
  •  Aktif Antiseptique instantane pour les mains – Laboratoire Hygienex Inc.
  •  Dash Vapes Hand Sanitizer – DashVapes Inc.
  •  Eltraderm Hand Sanitizer – 70% Ethyl Alcohol – Eltraderm Limited
  •  Gel 700 Hand Sanitizer (ethyl acetate) – Nature’s Own Cosmetic Company Inc.
  •  Gel 700 Hand Sanitizer (methanol) – Nature’s Own Cosmetic Company Inc.
  •  Gel Antiseptique Pour Les Mains – Megalab Inc.
  •  Germzero – Flash Beaute Inc.
  •  Hand Sanitizer – Contract Packaging Distributions Inc.
  •  Hand Sanitizer Alco-San – Crown Chemical Products, Inc.
  •  Hand Sanitizer Desinfectant pour les mains – Walker Emulsions Ltd.
  •  Isogel – Lalema Inc.
  •  Protectenol Hand Sanitizer Liquid – Applied Lubrication Technology
  •  Sanilabs Hand Sanitizer 70% Ethanol – Sanilabs Inc.
  •  Smart Care – R&D Technical Solutions Ltd.
  •  Tekare Instant Hand Cleanser Gel – TEKPolymer Inc.
  •  Tidol Hand Sanitizer 70% – Tidol Corporation
  •  Vima-San – Crown Chemical Products, Inc.
  •  Walker Emulsions Hand Sanitizer – Walker Emulsions Ltd.
  •  X-Pure Vert-2-Go Gel – Wood Wyant Inc.

Health Canada advises anyone with these products to stop using them immediately and to consult a healthcare professional if they have health concerns. 

Frequent use of these products may lead to dry skin, irritation, upper respiratory system irritation and headaches.

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