Every hand sanitizer the FDA has flagged as potentially deadly or useless

• Since June 19, the FDA has been warning consumers of dangerous hand sanitizers that contain the fatal chemical methanol. Methanol is a type of alcohol that can be deadly if ingested or absorbed through the skin.
• The FDA found some hand sanitizer producers putting it into their products. In some cases, methanol wasn't a listed ingredient. In other cases, sanitizers lacked germ-killing ingredients.
• Here are all of the hand sanitizers the FDA has warned consumers of so far due to methanol, or lack of active ingredients like isopropyl alcohol.

Since June 19, the FDA has been building a list of hand sanitizers that they say could contain the deadly chemical methanol, or that lacked enough active bacteria-killing ingredients, like isopropyl alcohol.

As hand sanitizer production increased during the pandemic, more companies pivoted to producing the high-demand product. Ethanol and isopropyl alcohol, the two types of alcohol commonly found in sanitizers and the ingredients that make them effective at killing germs, were in short supply.

That's why the FDA believes some producers starting swapping in methanol, another type of alcohol, and an ingredient used to produce antifreeze and fuel.

Unlike ethanol and isopropyl alcohol, methanol can be deadly when inhaled or absorbed into the bloodstream through your skin. In the United States, any product that contains more than 4% methanol must be labeled as "poison."

That's why health officials flagged nine methanol-containing hand sanitizers that all came from one producer in Mexico. In many cases, these products listed ethanol as the effective ingredient, but once the FDA tested them, they were found to contain methanol.

But since then, more dangerous hand santizers have emerged, and the FDA said it will continue to flag these products to consumers. In addition to methanol-containing products, the FDA is warning of ones that don't have enough active germ-killing ingredients to be effective.

Hand sanitizers that contain methanol

Eskbiochem SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• All-Clear Hand Sanitizer
• Esk Biochem Hand Sanitizer
• Lavar 70 Gel Hand Sanitizer
• The Good Gel Antibacterial Gel Hand Sanitizer
• CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80 percent alcohol
• CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 75 percent alcohol
• Saniderm Advanced Hand Sanitizer

4E Global, ASPI de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Blumen Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer with 70 percent alcohol
• Blumen Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear Ethyl Alcohol 70 percent
• Bluemn Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear
• Klar and Danver Instant Hand Sanitizer (labeled with Greenbrier International Inc.)
• Modesa Instant Hand Sanitizer Moisturizers and Vitamin E
• Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer
• Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Aloe
• Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Lavender
• Blumen Clear LEAR Advanced Hand Sanitizer
• Blumen Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer
• The Honeykeeper Hand Sanitizer
• Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Clear
• Blumen Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer
• Blumen Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Lavender
• Blumen Aloe Advanced Hand Sanitizer with 70 alcohol
• Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Lavendar, with 70 percent alcohol
• Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Aloe, with 70 percent alcohol
• Blumen Antibacterial Fresh Citrus Hand Sanitizer
• Blumen Hand Sanitizer Fresh Citrus
• Klar and Danver Instant Hand Sanitizer
• Hello Kitty by Sanrio Hand Sanitizer
• Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer (Vitamin E and Aloe)
• Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer (Aloe and Moisturizers)
• Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer Vitamin E and Aloe
• Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe and Moisturizers
• Blumen Instant Hand Sanitizer Frangrance Free
• Blumen Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe Vera
• Assured Aloe

AAA Cosmetica (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Bio aaa Advance Hand Sanitizer
• LumiSkin Advance Hand Sanitizer, 4 oz.
• LumiSkin Advance Hand Sanitizer, 16 oz.
• QualitaMed Hand Sanitizer

Grupo Insoma, S.A.P.I. de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Hand Sanitizer Gel Unscented 70 percent alcohol

Soluciones Cosmeticas AA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Bersih Hand Sanitizer Gel Fragrance Free
• Antiseptic Alcohol 70 percent Topical Solution hand sanitizer

Transliquid Technologies (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Mystic Shield Protection hand sanitizer

Tropicosmeticos SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Britz Hand Sanitizer Ethyl Alcohol 70 percent

Yara Elena De La Garza Perez Nieto (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• DAESI hand sanitizer

Soluciones Cosmeticas SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Hand sanitizer (labeled with Wet Look Janitorial and Gardening Corp.)

Maquiladora Miniara, SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Selecto Hand Sanitizer
• Shine and Clean Hand Sanitizer

Real Clean Distribuciones SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Hand Sanitizer
• Keep It Clean
• Lux Eoi Hand Sanitizing Gel
• ENLIVEN Hand Sanitizing Gel
• Cavalry
• Scent Theory – Keep It Clean – Pure Clean Anti-bacterial Hand Sanitizer
• Anti-Bac Hand Sanitizer
• Born Basic. Anti-Bac Hand Sanitizer

MXL Comercial SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Hand Sanitizer Disinfectant Gel 70% Ethyl Alcohol Rinse Free Hand Rub (labeled with Resource Recovery & Trading LLC)
• Hand Sanitizer Disinfectant Gel 70% Ethyl Alcohol (labeled with Resource Recovery & Trading LLC)

Liqesa Exportacion or Liq-E-S.A. de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Optimus Instant Hand Sanitizer

Leiper's Fork Distillery (Tennessee) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Leiper's Fork Distillery Bulk Disinfectant per 5 gallon
• Leiper's Fork Distillery 16 oz bottle

Laboratorios Jaloma, SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Jaloma Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer Ethyl Alcohol 62% with Vitamin E

Broncolin, SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Herbacil Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer 70% Alcohol

Incredible Products SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• GelBact Hand Sanitizer
• Pacific Coast Global Inc. and Tritanium Labs LLC Hand Sanitizer
• TriCleanz

JG Atlas Comercios SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Sayab Antisepctic Hand Sanitizer 100

Tritanium Labs USA LLC (unknown location) hand sanitizer products, including:

• TriCleanz Tritanium Labs Hand Sanitizer

Albek de Mexico SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• NEXT Hand Sanitizer
• Modesa Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Moisturizers and Vitamin E
• Modesa Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Moisturizers and Aloe Vera
• Assured Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Vitamin E and Aloe
• Assured Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Aloe and Moisturizers
• NuuxSan Instant Hand Sanitizer
• NuuxSan Instant Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer
• Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer with 70% Alcohol extra soft with glycerin and aloe

Hand sanitizers with subpotent active ingredients

Healthy Foods & Nutrition Lab de Mexico SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:

• Medicare Alcohol Antiseptic Topical Solution

The FDA said any consumers who come across a suspicious product, including hand sanitizer, should report it to their MedWatch program.

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