Washington – Federal health regulators have issued warnings to four manufacturers of hand sanitizing products for making unsupported claims about the bacteria-fighting benefits of their products.
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The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday the companies claim their lotions and gels can prevent a variety of infections, including staphylococcus aureus, E. coli and bird flu. Companies that claim their products can prevent a disease must submit scientific studies to the FDA before launching them.
The FDA warning letters cite the following products:
— Tec Laboratories’ Staphaseptic First Aid Gel
— JD Nelson and Associates’ Safe4Hours Hand Sanitizing Lotion and First Aid Antiseptic Skin Protectant
— Dr. G.H. Tichener Antiseptic Co.’s Antiseptic Gel
— Oh So Clean Inc.’s CleanWell All-Natural Foaming Hand Sanitizer, CleanWell All-Natural Hand Sanitizer, CleanWell All-Natural Hand Sanitizing Wipes, and CleanWell All-Natural Antibacterial Foaming Handsoap
The warning letters order each company to correct the unsupported claims within 15 days.
“The FDA cannot allow companies to mislead consumers by making unproven prevention claims,” said FDA compliance director Deborah Autor, in a statement.
The FDA regularly issues warning letters to companies that don’t follow regulations for manufacturing and marketing drugs, food and other products. The letters are not legally binding, but the FDA can take companies to court if they are ignored, resulting in seizure of products and shutdown of facilities.
Also they are chametz
They are NOT Chometz !!!
who said?
i love when people say things with out backing it up
Yes chometz, not chometz, who cares?? thats not the point of the artical!!
I am not a rabbinical expert so I won’t join in on the chometz debate. I do know that any reliable seller of hand sanitizers must have at a minimum 62% Ethyl Alcohol for the product to be effective. I would seriously question the reliability of those products that come in from other countries…more so those that are third world. Hand sanitizers are Antiseptics and come under the eye of the FDA. The FDA should be commended for keeping a watchful eye on the claims being made about what the product will do. I hope the FDA keeps an equally watchful eye on the imported versions of this product.