Posted on 01/27/2021 9:00:23 PM PST by dynachrome
As part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s continuing efforts to protect consumers from potentially dangerous or subpotent hand sanitizers, the agency has placed all alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico on a countrywide import alert to help stop products that appear to be in violation from entering the U.S. until the agency is able to review the products’ safety. Over the course of the ongoing pandemic, the agency has seen a sharp increase in hand sanitizer products from Mexico that were labeled to contain ethanol (also known as ethyl alcohol) but tested positive for methanol contamination. Methanol, or wood alcohol, is a substance that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin and life-threatening when ingested. Methanol is not an acceptable ingredient in hand sanitizer or other drugs.
Under the import alert, alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico offered for import are subject to heightened FDA scrutiny, and FDA staff may detain the shipment. As part of their entry review, FDA staff will consider any specific evidence offered by importers or manufacturers that the hand sanitizers were manufactured according to U.S. current good manufacturing practice requirements. This marks the first time the FDA has issued a countrywide import alert for any category of drug product.
(Excerpt) Read more at fda.gov ...
Full title:
“Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Takes Action to Place All Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers from Mexico on Import Alert to Help Prevent Entry of Violative and Potentially Dangerous Products into U.S., Protect U.S. Consumers”
But Bidet is letting regular Mexicans in.
And why do we trust all the Mexican produce?
Country-wide bans to prevent terrorists from entering the USA - BAD
Country-wide ban to prevent hand sanitizer from entering the USA - GOOD
Must get EVERYTHING from the CCP.
Does anyone remember the Chinese heparin that killed everyone?
And the current regime is banning hand sanitizer from Mexico?
LOL!
Just use rubbing alcohol 75% alcohol!!!
“use rubbing alcohol”
Use vodka. Sanitize your liver, too.
helping their friends corner the market....that’s how I see it....
I will eat seafood from Mexico before I buy any farm raised crap from Asia.
Sounds xenophobic to me.
/s
Make sure it’s 120 proof vodka.
It takes 60% alcohol to have a germicidal effect.
A: The worm in the bottom of the bottle.
So now we will be deporting sanitizers and importing infectious disease carriers.
I guess this is part of his brilliant 100 day plan to save America!
Semi-related: While channel surfing, I am watching “Name That Tune”, a new episode from this year (I know because I checked the date of the show).
Guess what? No masks, audience members sitting next to each other, laughing, singing. In other words, looks like what game shows USED to look like. But this is a NEW episode.
Scientific break-through? Stolen Election Miracle?
And they couldn’t ban illegal immigrants who are carrying disease to protect our health?
For those curious:
Skin absorption is less drastic, of course, but, extensive contact with high concentration methanol is still not a good idea.
You better hope for quality control. Methanol is nasty stuff and it really absorbs via the skin. The liver breaks it down and the break down products cause blindness , kidney failure and eventually liver failure. As little as 10ml is enough to cause blindness injested or absorbed via the skin.
It also doubles as a Molotov cocktail. So they’re a double duty product.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.