Health Canada has announced the recall of more hand sanitizers, adding 18 more products to their list because of issues such as containing ingredients not allowed by Health Canada or not being authorized for sale in Canada.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, hand sanitizer sales and production have gone up, and Health Canada has issued recalls for almost 100 products previously.
In this update the agency stated that hand sanitizers are not permitted to contain “unacceptable grades of ethanol, undeclared impurities at elevated levels, or unauthorized denaturants have not been reviewed for safety or efficacy.”
Some of the new products on the recall list are also improperly labelled or not authorized to be sold in Canada.
This is the full list of the hand sanitizers affected in this recall:
- Aerochem Liquid Hand Cleaner 70% Alcohol
- Bio-Odeur
- Defenz
- Gigi’s Goodbye Germs Hand Sanitizer
- JP Wiser’s Distillery
- KeraSpa
- Natural Concepts Sanitizing Gel
- Peak Processing Solutions – Ethanol sanitizer 80%
- Preference Pre-Quat Sanitizer
- Premium Hand Gel Sanitizer
- Premium Hand Sanitizer
- Puricia
- Safe-Guard Product Canada Hand Sanitizer
- Salon Solution Waterless Hand Wash
- SunnaPure Hand Sanitizer Spray
- T-1000
- TerraPure Hand Sanitizer
- Umbrell (60 mL format)
Health Canada is advising consumers to cease using these products, and has directed the companies to cease producing them.
If you have used a product listed here and have health concerns, Health Canada asks that you direct questions to your health care provider.
