Hand disinfectant
Chemistplus · Gel Hand Sanitiser
Chemical productsHealth risk / other
- Country of origin
- UK
- Notifying country
- UK
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- Yes
What is the danger
The product contains less alcohol than advertised (measured value as low as 22% by weight). Consequently, it has insufficient disinfectant properties, increasing the risk of infection for the user.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the Biocidal Products Regulation.
Measures taken
- Withdrawal of the product from the market Compulsory measuresTaken by: DistributorIn force from: 4 November 2020
Product
- Description
- Colourless, transparent liquid. Ingredients listed as Alcohol Denat, Aqua, Xantham Gum, Butanone, Glycerol, Isopropyl Alochol, Denatonium.
- Packaging
- The product is sold in a 5-litres bottle with a green, blue and white label.
- Brand
- Barcode
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/01596/20 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2020-48
- Published
- 26 November 2020
- Modified
- 26 November 2020
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10002507
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